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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 May 2014

Thursday, 1 May 2014

Questions (115)

Éamon Ó Cuív

Question:

115. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will include 30 further landowners in the Clonfert area of the Hymany Way Walking Trail in the walks scheme as they claim they were promised participation in the scheme when the walking trail was being developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19768/14]

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Due to budgetary constraints it has not been possible to develop new walks under the existing Walks Scheme since December 2010. I appreciate there were a number of proposed routes at varying levels of completeness in late 2010 when the Walks Scheme was closed to new applications. Only those projects where contracts had been signed and the Scheme was operational could be allowed to progress.

There are however 1,814 participants covering 39 trails still taking part in the scheme. In 2013 annual payments to participants who maintained sections of trail that traversed their lands exceeded €1.8 million.

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