Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional DART railcars, intercity railcars brought into services for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42155/12]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I understand that the number of additional DART and Intercity railcars brought into service by Iarnród Eireann during the period in question is as follows:

Iarnród Éireann - new rolling stock into operation datesYear

  I understand from Iarnród Eireann that the 76 DART cars listed above were the original DART fleet reintroduced to service in 2007/2008 after a major refurbishment programme carried out by Siemens.