Trevor Sargent (Dublin North, Green Party)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Transport the progress on reopening the Ennis to Athenry rail line; if Iarnród Éireann or the competent body responsible will be requested to provide a schedule of work with deadlines to ensure the 2008 opening date; if a regular scheduled train link will be running between Limerick and Athenry on that date; if not when; the other stops including Ennis which will be opened on the route; if provision is being made to provide a link with Shannon Airport; the arrangement which will be in place to allow connection to Galway prior to the opening of the new Athenry-Galway link in 2009. [6227/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I await specific proposals from Iarnród Éireann on the Ennis to Athenry section of the western rail corridor. Subject to progress in planning, the indicative timescale for completion of this section is 2008. Iarnród Éireann will soon be carrying out a separate feasibility study into the Shannon rail link.