Rail Network
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-22
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Martin Kenny (SF), Sligo-Leitrim

I also want to speak to the Minister of State about rail infrastructure, upgrades and developments in respect of the western rail corridor, the DART service in Dublin which was supposed to get upgrades, and MetroLink which was in the news this morning due to observations on the planning application. These are vital pieces of infrastructure. On the western rail corridor, Waterford Port is one of the destinations for freight all along the western seaboard, the Atlantic corridor. It would deliver freight right into Waterford Port. In the context of Brexit and direct lines to Europe, it makes no sense to be delaying the development of that infrastructure.

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Sitting date: 2023-06-22