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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We are certainly doing that but the door is shut again, as it is in so many cases. We are told it is not possible to do it. We need to look at all the possibilities and the role we all have in this. At the end of the day, it is the Central Bank that is obviously facilitating the sale of these bonds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland (9 Oct 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank Mr. Makhlouf.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank representatives from Irish Rail for being here. I apologise that I had to step out of the meeting to go to the Chamber. I will have to go back to the Chamber after this but I can look back at the proceedings later. I might cover ground that has already been covered. On capacity on the northern line, I am particularly interested in the Dublin to Drogheda service. There is an issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Is there capacity on the line, in other words, tracks? Do they need to be increased in number?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Apart from calling for that, is it on the agenda other than being in the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: While I suppose the study will indicate some of this, does Mr. Meade have an indication whether there will be a pinch point at a certain stage along Irish Rail’s expansion plans when building capacity on the trains?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: What sort of timeline is needed to do something like that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank Mr. Meade for that information. The NTA was before this committee a number of months ago. Does Mr. Meade have any indication of when the NTA’s new fare structure will come into being? Has Irish Rail had engagements with the NTA in this regard? As I understand it, the issues are not on Irish Rail's end. Does Mr. Meade have an update on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Mr. Meade will not be surprised that I am going to ask about the rail line to Navan. The last time he was before this committee, there was an indication that consultants would be appointed. Is there an update in this regard? At what stage is that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Consultants have been appointed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: They are funded to do the design piece and to take-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Good. When were they appointed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Can Mr. Meade say who the consultants are?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: No problem. We are enthusiastic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: We enthusiastically support this project moving on as quickly as possible. To scan the horizon in respect of the M3 parkway and expansion of services, is there capacity on that line to proceed with Navan rail as quickly as possible? The consultants have all but been appointed and Irish Rail is looking towards the back end of the decade and hopefully early into the next one, all going really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Timetables: Iarnród Éireann (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: That again, all going to plan, will line up well.

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I am sharing time with Deputy Gould. I thank the Minister of State for his statement. We have been over this ground a number of times in discussing similar legislation. I broadly welcome this initiative as we go into the winter. I do not agree, however, with a number of provisions in the legislation. The assistance given should have gone further this winter. We will deal with that...