Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for the offer to make management aware of the issue I raised. I made it aware of it during the summer. The point I am making is that Iarnród Éireann does not have sufficient cash to meet demand on its rail lines. It does not have sufficient rolling stock as we have not invested significantly in the rail network.

If we do not do that we put the future viability of our rail network at risk.

I went to Brussels earlier this year and met officials at the Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport who made the point that we have not made any application for funding, as the Italians did, to invest in and improve our infrastructure and rail carriages.

When will the Minister publish the rail review? My party made a submission to it over 12 months ago. The review should be published and we should have a full and frank debate here. When will that happen? When will the Minister honour his commitment on the multi-stakeholder forum that he promised in advance of meeting trade unions but that has yet to be established?

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