Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport if he received the inspector's report on the public inquiry into the Kildare route project; and the estimated timeframe before he will either confirm or reject the railway order. [14038/06]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The public inquiry into the Kildare route project was held from 24 January to 2 February this year. I am now awaiting the inspector's report of the inquiry. Under the provisions of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001, the inspector acts in an independent capacity and therefore, it is a matter for him as to when he submits his report.

In making my decision on granting the railway order, I am obliged under section 43 (1) of the 2001 Act to consider the report of the inquiry as well as the submissions I received in respect of the project, CIE's application for a railway order and the draft order and documents which accompanied the application. At this point, it is not possible for me to say what timeframe I will require to give all these documents due and proper consideration.