I have been greatly assured by the response by the Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan, to various aspects of this issue, in particular by his statement that no rail lines will be closed. I pay tribute to him too for recently meeting public representatives, myself included, as part of the delegation from Laois, Limerick, Offaly and North Tipperary. The Minister was aware of the issues and suggested we form a working committee, to include an official from his Department and officials from Iarnród Éireann, to examine the future of the Ballybrophy-Limerick line. The issues include frequency, quality and speeds of trains. On parts of the line in question, trains travel no faster than 25 m.p.h.