Rail Network
Dail Éireann — 2024-02-01
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Alan Farrell (FG), Dublin Fingal

I thank the Minister and Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I very much look forward to the project. The people in Donabate, in my constituency, who are without a DART have looked forward to this for quite some time. I heretofore had six train stations in my constituency, which was fantastic during election periods. That number has now been reduced to three, but the extension of the DART is much more important than one single constituency because it has the capacity to change the transport habits of tens of thousands of people across the north-eastern seaboard from Donabate to Drogheda.
I am keen to ensure that the network upgrade, to which the Minister referred in respect of the BusConnects project, is operated and delivered on time and, it is to be hoped, on budget. The turnback at Malahide has proven to be quite problematic. Could the Minister comment on that particular project?

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Sitting date: 2024-02-01