Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 254: To ask the Minister for Transport further to parliamentary Question No. 103 of 22 May 2008, if there has been progress on this issue. [28530/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The planning and design of railway upgrade works is a matter for Iarnród Éireann. I am informed by Iarnród Éireann that the current position regarding the removal of level crossings on the Maynooth line is that the discussions with the local authorities with a view to formulating joint proposals to facilitate the closures, including the necessary road and bridge works, are ongoing and that plans for dealing with each of the level crossings are now being prepared.

Iarnród Éireann has advised that the resignalling of the Maynooth line, which Iarnród Éireann are targeting for completion by the end of 2011, may precede some of the crossing closures.