Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail)

As the fleet modernises, I am very cognisant of the fabulous work the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is doing. I went out to Connolly Station recently to visit the locomotive shed. I met Peter Rigney and some of his colleagues. They do fabulous work. I was expecting them to say they had a long list of things they wanted Irish Rail to do, but it was quite the opposite; they said everything they have ever asked for the company has more than obliged. Well done. There is a fabulous partnership going there. I did not realise there was such a partnership going in the North of Ireland as well. It is a real success story. Especially with the DART trains, what we might consider modern now is very quickly becoming the old rolling stock. Might some of that be held back and preserved by the society rather than it all being scrapped, repurposed or sold on?