Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 2 December 2014
589. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the proposed extension of the DART to Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45813/14]
View answerThere are no currently no proposals to extend the DART network to Drogheda. Under the current capital plan the focus is on maintaining and extracting the maximum value from existing assets. The key priority over the coming years will be to protect investment made to date and to maintain safety standards. If additional funds are available, which is not certain, there will be many competing projects from all transport modes in all regions. Any additional funds will be prioritised for projects for which there is a clear need, which are affordable, have a sound business case and add value to existing infrastructure.
Subject to funding availability, some projects which are part of the overall DART Underground Programme, and which have capacity benefits in and of themselves, may proceed over the next number of years. One such project would be the extension of the DART network from Malahide to Balbriggan.
