Taoiseach Micheál Martin promises Shared Island investment in rail to the North West
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has promised a future announcement of investment in the rail service to the North West under the Shared Island Initiative.
Deputy Martin did not elaborate on what the investment might entail.
However, he acknowledge the lack of connectivity to Derry and the North West when asked about the North in the Dáil.
"We will have some more announcements under the Shared Island Initiative for a rail service to the north west but it is not as comprehensive as the Dublin-Belfast line, for example,” said the Taoiseach.
He pointed to the forthcoming re-establishment of the Dublin-Derry Public Service Obligation (PSO) air service.
"The Minister of Transport will bring in that PSO air service in October of this year. This will be of great value to Derry in particular because the north west has lacked connectivity. The A5 has been snarled in planning and so on,” Deputy Martin told TDs.