381 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite the many millions of euros invested in the rail network, thousands of tonnes of untreated raw sewage is continually dumped on the nation's railways and their environs annually as a result of no sewage treatment or holding facilities on many of Iarnród Éireann's inter-city rolling stock; his views on whether, in view of the fact that nearly 500,000 people used the train between Sligo and Dublin in 2003, this practice is a health hazard to employees, local communities and to drinking water, particularly in places at which wells are in use; the action he intends to take to safeguard the environment and to have this practice discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3601/04]

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381 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, despite the many millions of euros invested in the rail network, thousands of tonnes of untreated raw sewage is continually dumped on the nation's railways and their environs annually as a result of no sewage treatment or holding facilities on many of Iarnród Éireann's inter-city rolling stock; his views on whether, in view of the fact that nearly 500,000 people used the train between Sligo and Dublin in 2003, this practice is a health hazard to employees, local communities and to drinking water, particularly in places at which wells are in use; the action he intends to take to safeguard the environment and to have this practice discontinued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3601/04]

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