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Oct 26, 2026
Pat KennyHOST
of the people there.
Pat KennyHOST
I suppose Nafina in Dublin became famous during the battle for Metro North, right? Metrolink, as it's now called, because they used considerable clout to avoid
Mick CliffordGUEST
being moved.
Mick CliffordGUEST
They did indeed.
Paul DavisGUEST
There are issues, though, in terms of the capacity to deliver it now.
JustinHOST
Yes, and on that, I mean, it's to be completed by 2033, but there are a lot of infrastructure projects happening in the country right now, Metrolink being the biggest one that's going to be happening in that same time frame.
JustinHOST
Is there a sufficient supply of labour in the country to complete that work now on time?
Paul DavisGUEST
Well, that's the real question here is we've had loads of planned announcements under the National Development Plan.
Ciaran HancockHOST
confident
Emmet RyanGUEST
about Metrolink? Again, I had brown hair when I was meant to be first finished.
Emmet RyanGUEST
Until I see it actually up and running.
Emmet RyanGUEST
So the
Eimer McAuleyGUEST
Yeah, and this is the kind of story that's plagued this government about misspend or money being sunk into projects that won't work or hearing that actually the budget for this is going to have to be revised because it's going to cost, you know, billions more than we thought it would.
Eimer McAuleyGUEST
I'm thinking of Metrolink and obviously we won't say the words Children's Hospital again.
Eimer McAuleyGUEST
I think just the last point, the last point on the HSE thing, I wonder if there's accountancy staff dealing with like really outdated digital systems or even on paper systems who have their head in their hands listening to this, who are thinking, well, it's actually very difficult.
Eimer McAuleyGUEST
And also, I know that that recruiting freeze exists.
Paul CullenGUEST
So I think a tightly focused independent inquiry into the causes would help us.
Paul CullenGUEST
Because remember, we've a lot of infrastructure yet to build some big projects in the immediate pipeline, like the maternity hospital, like Metrolink.
Paul CullenGUEST
We have to get those right.
Frank GreaneyHOST
We really have to get those right.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
You know, we were talking there about O'Connell Street.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
There's a reference to the Metrolink office going in there.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
And, uh, so politically, the government needs to drive on.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
We're all impatient for, for having more infrastructure.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
Things are moving too slowly." You know, we were talking there about O'Connell Street.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
There's a reference to the Metrolink office going in there.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
And, uh, so politically, the government needs to drive on.
Susan Hayes-CulletonGUEST
We're all impatient for, for having more infrastructure.
Ciara KellyHOST
Yeah.
Ciara KellyHOST
Um, but I think Metrolink is the plan, but that is not going to happen today or tomorrow, as, as we both are aware.
Kevin ByrneGUEST
In- indeed.
Kevin ByrneGUEST
Indeed not, no.
FelixHOST
... that kind of led to everything collapsing.
FelixHOST
But I mean, for the Metrolink, like, it's just, I don't think the, the, no matter how many billions of euros they, they give to it, they're gonna go over budget.
FelixHOST
They, they want to open from 2036 to 2038.
FelixHOST
They want to open between those years.
FelixHOST
You're gonna be digging a bunch of tunnels under people's houses, under the city center, um, then you're gonna be laying a bunch of tracks along those tunnels.
FelixHOST
Then you've got to build these, these, I don't know if they, they've got to get these trains, which by the way, are, are driverless, and that's gonna come with its own controversy.
FelixHOST
I think that kind of the driverless vehicle craze hasn't as taken hold in Ireland here, and I'd say there are gonna be a lot of people who will at the very least be apprehensive about getting in a self-driving vehicle, especially one as kind of high speed as a Metrolink train.
FelixHOST
And then, you know, they're gonna have to get the trains, put them in the tracks, make sure they're all working properly.
Pat LeahyPANELIST
Mm
Hugh LinehanHOST
... on, on, on Wednesday, if you're going to hit that 6%, there are some areas, some departments, that are going to need to be over 6, 6% because there's major projects like Metrolink or whatever it might be.
Pat LeahyPANELIST
Mm-hmm.
Hugh LinehanHOST
And so other departments are going to have to get less than 6%.
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