Rail Network
Dail Éireann — 2023-11-30
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Éamon Ó Cuív (FF), Galway West

That is welcome news. As the Minister knows, work was done by Iarnród Éireann in clearing the line near Tubbercurry, on the section from Claremorris to Collooney. It would be good to get the line cleared. I fully agree with the Minister on that. At the same time, could engineering surveys be carried out in order to discover exactly what work will need to be done to replace, for example, farm gates, etc., and to draw up an engineering plan in order that we get an idea of the real cost of this project and how frequently the trains would run?
Will the Minister approach TII, which gave a firm commitment that it would replace the bridge at Ballyglunin, which was demolished as part of the building of the M17 motorway? Will it now proceed to rebuild the bridge? It was made clear by TII that the rebuilding would come out of its funds and that funds had been set aside to do that work. Those are two further things that could be done immediately to progress this project. Neither will cost much money. It will not cost the Minister anything because it will come out of TII funds. Would the Minister be favourable towards doing those three jobs and really giving a signal to us that this will happen, not by 2030, but by 2025 or 2026?

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Sitting date: 2023-11-30