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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would the proposal forward by Mr. Mulligan and Deputy Cannon, which is to use the existing rail structure until such a time as it comes to be developed as a rail line, lead to additional cost? When Mr. Stacpoole looks at this, is it a model that can work or does it hinder rail advancement or reinstatement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is the western line we are talking about a single line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If Irish Rail was to lay a double line, does it have the land to do so along that route?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Sorry , Mr. Stacpoole, but I will ask I will ask the West on Track representatives this question. Is it a single line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How much of a distance would that be?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Where does the single line run from?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If that was to be made into a double line, would private land have to be acquired?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: The land is there. Is there sufficient land along the length of the line to allow a greenway to be put alongside the existing track and, at no additional cost, for the railway line to be left intact? Mr. Stacpoole will know there is a certain village in County Limerick where houses have been built on the old railway line. This is well known. Things happen. They should not, but they do....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I accept that. The land might have been planted. Can Mr. Mulligan respond, please?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I just want to know about the western rail line.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: A greenway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I am a layman and a person looking in. If there is a phenomenal greenway in Waterford on an existing rail line, when it comes to it, in reality, what are the chances that people who promoted it being turned into a greenway will not start a campaign to ensure it is not returned as a railway line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: A CPO could be issued.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I just want to talk in practical terms. I am pro-railway.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: We had it with Limerick Junction and the Limerick rail line. As far as I am concerned, there is a stand-off here. Everyone wants the railway, but more people want the greenways. The railway could be seen as a very cost-efficient way to get a greenway in place. However, it may have implications. It makes absolute sense to have greenways along existing rail lines and motorways. That is...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: There is, however, a route where there was a rail line.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Yes, I accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could I ask Mr. Mulligan a question, as a devil's advocate?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is there any precedent of a disused existing rail line that has been temporarily converted to a greenway being reinstated as a rail line?