Rail Network
Seanad Éireann — 2026-09-24
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Mark Duffy (FG), Labour Panel

I thank the Minister of State for the update. Is he able to provide additional clarification on some of the technical design or is it too premature to talk about that? I have raised things previously about the three different rail crossings at Ballindine, for example. A point that I have made previously, and I want to reiterate here, is that investment in public transport in one mode should not negatively impact road users. Underpasses or overpasses or realignment in certain areas to make sure that we are not negatively impacting other transport users would be most welcome. It should be a design that is smartly done and future-proofed in terms of the investment while we have this window of opportunity to deliver this key infrastructure. As the Minister of State said, there have been previous projections on different rail lines that were not so optimistic. The figures that the Minister of State outlined, whereby year 1 was 132,000 and on the phase 1 in the-----

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Sitting date: 2026-09-24