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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: Has it happened elsewhere in the world?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will move on to a question for Mr. Lightfoot on the Ballybrophy line, which is of interest to me. In terms of upgrading the line, is it a double or single line?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: If it were to be upgraded, is there sufficient capacity for it to be a double line? Does Irish Rail own enough land to put a double line in there?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: How much would what the rail partnership is seeking cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is what Mr. Lightfoot is seeking the use of the existing assets and existing line with increased frequency?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Could Mr. Lightfoot provide us with precisely the times he is looking at and we might feed that back?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Would this create much of an additional cost to the State?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Is it the one at Killonan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What is the cost?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: My final question is for West on Track. Mr. Mulligan said it is far more expensive to provide a greenway beside the existing track. Would it reduce the cost if a greenway was to be provided now, using the existing track as a temporary measure, but not in such a way as to prevent the rail line being upgraded, and as soon as that were to happen the greenway would move from point A to point B?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I will finally turn to West on Track. What is its basic objection to the proposal from Mr. Mulligan?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is actually a proposal I put forward. We should be running greenways as well. How can that be done, technically? How much would it cost for everyone to coexist?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: It is pretty clear. The arguments have been well articulated. There was public consultation in December and January. It was during a period when we were not in session so I felt it was important to have public hearings. That has been very fruitful to date. I call Deputy Canney.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: On this matter, I presume.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does the Deputy wish any of the witnesses to respond or was that just a statement?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What the Deputy is saying is very pertinent. These things should not be mutually exclusive. There has to be a way that everyone can get to their destination, whether by rail or by foot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: Does Deputy Matthews wish to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Matthews. The stakes in regard to this are very high for the west and the mid-west. There has been no discussion on the Shannon Foynes Port but Mr. Stacpoole has articulated the rail issue very well. The action plan will, it is hoped, take care of all of this. When it is published in a month or so, we will have a discussion on it. I want to return to a point made earlier....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Mr. Ó Raghallaigh. I have a question for Mr. Mulligan in regard to the greenway. Rail is hugely important in terms of that national link-up. Why is Mr. Mulligan so passionate about the railway being turned into a greenway?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2022)
Kieran O'Donnell: What does Mr. Mulligan mean by "payback?"