Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I join with the comments of other speakers about Michael Reade. I very much enjoyed any of the times I appeared on his show. He was a very fair broadcaster and will be sadly missed.

I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the DART+ Coastal North project. On 21 May 2024, at Cabinet, the Taoiseach gave approval to this project, which could result in the loss of DART direct services for commuters using Howth, Sutton and Bayside. At a time when we need to encourage more people to use public transport, this would have the opposite effect. When I asked the Taoiseach about this in June, he promised to engage with Irish Rail on it. What was the outcome of this engagement? Did he ask Irish Rail to maintain the direct services for commuters using Bayside, Sutton and Howth?

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