Ollie Crowe (Fianna Fail)

I thank Minister of State, Deputy Canney, for his detailed response. I find it a little bit disingenuous that the Dublin to Belfast and Dublin to Cork lines have been sorted out but we are nearly forgotten about in the west. As a leading Minister of State in the west, I know it is a high priority for him, but to say it is an operational issue, I do not know. The trains are packed and, in fairness, there has been significant funding put in to bring down the cost of fares, and that is very welcome. We need to complete the process. If it is good enough for Cork and Belfast to and from Dublin, then I do not see why the Galway to Dublin line cannot be rectified. We are the only country in western Europe where customers on intercity rail services do not have a catering option. I am referring to the Galway-Dublin line. The handling of this issue by Irish Rail with broken promises to restore the catering services by the end of 2024 and its limited communication is unacceptable at best. I ask the Minister for Transport to intervene and do his level best to return the catering services to the Galway to Dublin line.