Seanad debates

Wednesday, 23 November 2005

Railway Safety Bill 2001: Report and Final Stages.

 

12:00 pm

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Fianna Fail)

I welcome the passage of the Bill and compliment the Minister of State and his officials for the constructive way they worked with us in discussing it. The Leader of the House is to be complimented on the work she did on the Bill. After the tremendous amount of work that went into the development of the infrastructure and the establishment of the safety commission, we are now on the verge of seeing great developments in the railway sector in Ireland. We have seen the introduction of the Luas and now there are the proposals in Transport 21, which encompass some existing proposals in terms of new rolling stock, the inter-city lines and more commuter services in and around Dublin. That plan, together with the re-opening of the western rail corridor, is excellent news. This generation will see a reinvigorated and well developed rail network which will benefit this and future generations. I compliment everybody involved.

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