Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)

I thank the witnesses for their time. To refer to Mr. Meade's opening statement, the past number of weeks have highlighted how critical punctuality and reliability are to the services Irish Rail provides for daily commuters. It is why a lot of upset was experienced in both its offices and our own as emails and phone calls started to come in because of the inconvenience meted out to the general public. I am hopeful we can make improvements. I know the committee - and I say this on its behalf - will be very happy to try to help Irish Rail push along the relevant solutions necessary for it to do its job. We thank Mr. Meade and Mr. Kenny for assisting the committee. The meeting is now-----