Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Rosslare currently has no development plan in place. We contacted the owner, Irish Rail, specifically to ask if there were any plans to upgrade that port, and unfortunately there are none. We may need to work on that. The fact that it is owned and controlled by Irish Rail is a difficulty because Irish Rail tends to see it as a port that generates revenue for that company, rather than a port that could generate revenue that could then be re-invested in the port itself. The fact that it is part of CIÉ and Irish Rail is not ideal but that remains the position at present.

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