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All Island Strategic Rail Review
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Eamon Ryan, Minister for Transport and Nichola Mallon MLA, Minister for Infrastructure, have jointly published a paper for public consultation.
The Minister for Transport, in partnership with the Minister for Infrastructure, invites interested parties to provide submissions on the future of rail on the island of Ireland as part of an All-Island Strategic Rail Review.
This Review will consider how the rail network on the island of Ireland can improve to promote sustainable connectivity into, and between, the major cities, enhance regional accessibility and support balanced regional development. The Review will look at how the railways are used, how they could be used in future and how the network can evolve to serve the people on the island of Ireland and achieve policy goals.
A key element of the Review will be gaining insights from interested stakeholders and the wider public. This insight could add significant value to the review, as it will inform the broader policy context of the project.
Interested members of the public, are asked to go to www.strategicrailreview.com where they can familiarise themselves with the policy objectives which frame the Review. Through the website, the public can ‘Get Involved’ answering some key questions and sharing any additional information that may be relevant to the Review.
Please note, the information is also available to view in Irish and as an Accessible version for screen readers and tablets. For further assistance please contact strategicrailreview@arup.com
The closing date for receipt of submissions is 5pm on Friday 21 January 2022.
Respondents are advised that the department is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014, and the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007- 2014, and Data Protection legislation.
Personal, confidential or commercially sensitive information should not be included in your submission, and it will be presumed that all information contained in your submission is releasable under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.
Responses will inform the Rail Review Study being undertaken by the appointed consultants, Arup, in terms of the consideration of options.
Please note that submissions received will be made available on the government’s website. In any event, all submissions received will be subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act and Data Protection legislation.
This is a public consultation, and the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) legislation applies.
To ensure privacy, any personal information you give this department will be protected under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/67 and the Data Protection Act 2018.
The department may publish the results of reviews and submissions received under this consultation on gov.ie. The department may publish the contents of all submissions received to this consultation on our website. We will redact personal data prior to publication. In responding to this consultation, parties should clearly indicate where their responses contain personal information, commercially sensitive information or confidential information which they would not wish to be released under FOI, AIE or otherwise published.
A full list of those who make submissions may be included as an appendix in the report on the consultation. Any personal data will be removed.
Submissions will be kept until the review process and the implementation of any accepted recommendations has finished.
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