Transport Policy
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-17
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Ruairí Ó Murchú (SF), Louth

We all welcome that the rail review has been done. We know the large deficits there are. We know that at one stage we had a large level of rail infrastructure which was then lifted. There are great expanses in the State where we do not have rail. Earlier, we spoke about Donegal. If we look at the entire west all the way up to Donegal, we see the absolute lack of connectivity. It is necessary that we look at all of the projects the Minister has detailed. The problem is the State does not have a great history of delivering projects due to issues relating to planning, funding and overruns. It is about making sure it happens. We saw lately that when we did have an expansion of services in the general metropolitan area, and wider when we take in the Dublin to Belfast connection, there were issues.

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