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

The Government does not have any role in setting fares for public transport. That is covered under the Dublin Transport Authority Act and the National Transport Authority. On additional carriages and capacity for the rail network, I have been advised by Irish Rail from my own queries that additional carriages are being renovated and others are on order. That will improve capacity on our rail services but it is not possible to give an exact date for that.

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