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All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: No pressure.

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Keira Keogh: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I will address the all-Ireland strategic rail review from the perspective of its profound significance to County Mayo. I am lucky to have a door-to-door service from Westport to Dublin, but if I want to go to Galway, which is the nearest city, I would have to go to Athlone and then back to Galway and if I want to go to Sligo, I have to drive or...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I support my colleague. I well understand why Waterford people might want to come to Cork. I do not think we should deprive them of that opportunity at all. Any time there is a debate on rail infrastructure, there is a fair bit of interest right across the country. That reflects a significant shift in people's mentality in the last 20 or 30 years. If we go back 50 or 60 years or even...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I am delighted to speak on the all-island rail review. We need to see a major modal shift in how we get ourselves from one place to another on this island so that we are not so dependent on our cars. Rail will obviously play a huge role in that. We have a somewhat sorry history in this country when it comes to rail infrastructure. What was once a fairly comprehensive rail network in the...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Duncan Smith: I welcome the time to speak on this topic. The northern commuter line is one of the most stressed lines in this country. The plan in the all-island strategic review, which is a long-distance project, aims at four-tracking that line. That is a must for towns like Donabate, the population of which is going to increase by up to 5,000 people in the next couple of years, or 25%. It is the...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Mark Wall: I want to talk about my hometown of Athy. I have been dealing with Irish Rail over the last period about increasing the frequency of rail services from the commuter town of Athy into Dublin. I was pleased with a recent response from Irish Rail that told me the imminent DART+ fleet coming on stream would free up additional carriages. We are looking for an hourly service from Athy and also...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: The differences are striking when we look at a map of Ireland's current rail network compared to the network of 100 years ago. I refer in particular to the absence of infrastructure from the west, the north west and Border counties. The reality is that we have gone backwards in recent decades. Plans are one thing but we need implementation to progress new projects in a timely manner and to...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Investment in rail infrastructure in the north west is crucial if we are in any way serious about balanced regional development. Donegal is one of the few counties on the island of Ireland that does not have a rail network. That is simply unacceptable. The rail review has proposed linking Derry and Letterkenny, which is crucial for the north-west city region, as well as connectivity with...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: I thank Deputy Doherty. I congratulate him on finishing on time.

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Fittingly, the all-island strategic rail review contains 32 recommendations across six headings. I welcome the all-Ireland nature of the document and its commitment to increasing rail coverage across the island. I commute to Leinster House most weeks on the Dublin to Limerick train. I acknowledge the staff who service Colbert Station in Limerick city on this route. They are always...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Pat Buckley: Many Corkonians have happy memories of taking the train to Youghal on a summer day. The train might have 14 carriages but we would be lucky to get a seat on the train from Midleton. Sadly, the train service between Cork city and Youghal has not been in operation for almost 30 years, when passenger services were withdrawn. An online petition has received more than 6,000 signatures, which...

Visit of Peruvian Delegation (2 Jul 2025)

Visit of Peruvian Delegation (2 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: The Peruvian ambassador and officials from the embassy are in attendance in the Distinguished Visitors Gallery. They are very welcome to our proceedings. I thank them for their visit.

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: The all island strategic rail review is a positive step. We have to acknowledge that, but only if it leads to real delivery across the whole island and not just around Dublin. As Sinn Féin spokesperson for rural and community development, I have to say the current approach to transport planning is failing our regions. The national planning framework in inadequate. It continues to...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The all-island strategic rail review sets out a vision for the development of Ireland's rail system to 2050. It was jointly commissioned by the Department of Transport and the Department for Infrastructure in the North. The review aptly demonstrates the advantage of taking an all-island view, which the Minister of State hinted at. Appropriately enough, it has 32 recommendations. These aim...

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

John McGuinness: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Seán Canney, for statements on the recommendations of the all-island strategic rail review.

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Seán Canney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Deputies. I welcome the opportunity to address the House this afternoon to update Members on the all-island strategic rail review. Rail represents a particularly enduring form of infrastructure. Rail lines built in the 1800s are still carrying passengers today. The decisions and investments we make for rail in this decade will similarly benefit the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I know we cannot have an over and back on this. I am not sure whose incentive it is. Is it the Department of housing? I assume it is. To what Government Department has it been sent?

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