Written answers
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
Department of Transport
Rail Network
10:00 am
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to any independent socioeconomic studies being undertaken of rail infrastructure here; if he will undertake to examine any such independent data on rail viability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29532/10]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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From time to time my Department receives copies of various proposals and studies related to rail infrastructure. These are reviewed by my officials and where appropriate may inform policy in relation to rail investment.
Decisions in relation to infrastructure on the rail network are a matter for Irish Rail in the first instance.
The Public Transport Regulation Act 2009 gave the National Transport Authority responsibility for public service obligation contracts for bus and rail services outside the Greater Dublin Area. As such, decisions in relation to the maintenance and development of rail services which are the subject of PSO contracts are a matter for Irish Rail in conjunction with the NTA.
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