Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the electrification of the Maynooth rail line will continue as announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25837/20]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I was very pleased to offically launch the non-statutory consultation period on DART+ West (the Maynooth and M3 Parkway/Dunboyne lines) recently and welcome the online publication of a significant amount of material related to that consultation.

DART+ is a multi-billion euro programme to upgrade rail services in the Greater Dublin Area and will effectively double the capacity of the network as compared to today. The programme will see DART level services and infrastructure extended to Drogheda on the Northern Line, Maynooth and M3 Parkway on the Maynooth/Dunboyne Line and Hazelhatch on the Kildare Line.

The Programme for Government – Our Shared Futureprioritises delivery of the DART+ programme and, as required by the Public Spending Code, preparation of a preliminary business case is well underway which, when completed, I will bring to Government for its decision.

I very much look forward to seeing the DART+ programme, including DART+ West, progress and I look forward to the Deputy's support in that regard.