Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with Irish Rail in relation to the cut in DART carriages operating at peak times and the rationale for same. [47188/13]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to Minister of State Kelly's reply to the Topical Issue on this matter on Tuesday, 22nd October.  Concerns on this subject have been raised with the Chief Executive of Irish Rail and I understand that Irish Rail have already responded and re-introduced larger carriages to accommodate passengers where this has been considered necessary.  The Chief Executive has agreed to continuous monitoring of carriage levels to ensure they match passenger demand.