Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 861: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of derailments that have taken place to date on the Luas line; if their cause has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1264/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Railway Procurement Agency that there have been nine derailments on the Luas line to date, of which five occurred in circumstances in which the tram was not in passenger service. Eight of the derailments were caused by operational errors while the ninth case arose as a result of an articulated truck driving into the side of the tram.