Duncan Smith (Dublin Fingal East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I return to the issue of reduced capacity on Irish Rail's northern commuter line. My colleague Councillor Corina Johnston and I have been inundated with reports from people who have been left on the platform at peak time. My colleague received a response from Irish Rail today apologising for what has happened but stating it will happen again tomorrow and on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of next week. Given that the population of Donabate is due to grow by 25% in the next two years, it does not have a direct, regular bus service into Dublin and it does not have a high-capacity DART service to alleviate demand, can a special case be made for increased transport infrastructure in terms of bus and rail to account for the homes being delivered there? The infrastructure must be delivered along with those homes.

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