The development of a motorway from Nenagh to Limerick has been justified on the basis that the volume of traffic makes it necessary. A considerable volume of this traffic is commuter based because of the development of Nenagh, Newport and Birdhill as satellite towns of Limerick. The solution to the increased commuter congestion is not only an upgrade of the road – a dual carriageway would suffice as a motorway is unnecessary – but also the development of a commuter rail service. In typical fashion we have been told by CIE and Iarnród Éireann that there is insufficient use of the line to justify an upgrade. This is because the line is not being made available and marketed as a commuter line. The present service, providing a morning train at 11.15 a.m. from Nenagh to Limerick, is of no use to commuters. It begs the question as to what the company is about. Who is it serving? It does not serve its owner, the public, nor the Government, which has charged it with the responsibility of ensuring it functions properly. It is not working.