Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the strategic all-island rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55966/21]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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As the Deputy is aware, my Department, in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland, is undertaking an All Island Strategic Rail Review. This Review, which Arup consultants have been appointed to undertake, will inform the development of inter-urban and inter-regional rail on the Island of Ireland over the coming decades.

Work on the Reviewcommenced in September with a view to completion in Q4 2022.

This will be one of the most significant reviews of the rail network on the island in many years and will provide a framework to develop a much-improved rail network in the decades ahead.