Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be well aware of the deficiency in public transport in the north west. There has been a chronic underinvestment in public transport in the region, which is a persistent problem. Its impact has been laid bare during the cost-of-living crisis. Households in the north west are bearing the brunt of the increase in private transport costs because of the lack of reliable and available public transport. I ask the Minister to outline his view and that of the Department on the need to provide rail infrastructure in the north west, in particular in the context of the all-island rail review.

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