Navan railway extension
Deputy Niamh Smyth sought a feasibility study for extending rail services from Navan to Kingscourt. The Taoiseach said he strongly supported the extension and noted that Project Ireland 2040 provides for a review and full costing.
We have heard an awful lot of talk about public transport since the recent publication of the Government's climate action plan. My colleague, Deputy Cassells, raised the question of the Dublin to Navan railway line in this Chamber last week. There is a railway line in place between Navan and Kingscourt. I ask the Taoiseach to work with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to commission a feasibility study. I have been informed by Iarnród Éireann that this would be one of the easier projects it could do across the country because it owns the Navan to Kingscourt line, which means no compulsory purchase order would be needed to buy land. It would be a fairly straightforward project if there was a commitment from the Government.
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I strongly support the extension of the railway to Navan. It would benefit my constituency because services on the Dunboyne line, which crosses through my constituency, pick up passengers there.
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It is mentioned in the national development plan.