Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. Given that he mentioned Oranmore he might update us on the proposals for Crusheen rail stop on the western rail corridor. The Minister of State will be aware the intended plan was for a network that would include metro north as part of our rail infrastructure. I understand it is not possible in the current economic crisis to raise the kind of funding needed to develop metro north. Has any effort been made to consider possible alternatives that would connect the city centre with Dublin Airport? There was a proposal dating back some time from Iarnród Éireann to extend a spur from the DART to Dublin Airport and it was relatively inexpensive by comparison to the metro north project. Perhaps the Minister of State could update us on that project.

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