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Timelines for major public transport projects in updated Government plans are merely “indicative” and can be accelerated, transport minister Darragh O’Brien has said, amid criticism that critical infrastructure is being stalled.

The Government has come in for criticism for its updated National Development Plan (NDP) allocation for the transport sector, with questions having arisen in particular about Dart+ South West, which is to increase train capacity on the line from 12 per hour to 23 per hour.