Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 117: To ask the Minister for Transport his intentions in regard to rail freight following the refusal by An Bord Pleanála to allow the transfer of the Port of Cork in the absence of rail freight facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34252/08]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to my composite reply to Questions Nos. 262 and 265 that I answered on the 7th October which sets out the general position regarding the greater use of rail freight.

In relation to Cork Port, it is a matter for the port company in the first instance to consider the implications of the decision of An Bord Pleanála. The port company will convey the outcome of this consideration to my Department in due course.