Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tara management plan is a work in progress. Another issue has arisen that is quite local. It is relevant especially in terms of the new dispensation that we are all ambitious for in getting people walking and cycling. We have been involved in the Ashbourne linear park project for many years. This is a cross-party project. Meath County Council is ambitious for it. We have had a difficulty in dealing with the OPW because the office wants access to the waterways. Will the Minister contact the OPW and ask officials to sit down with Meath County Council officials and local public representatives to try to iron this out? There is a happy medium whereby we can keep the OPW happy in terms of its access. This is a resource that the community wants. We want to deliver it but a barrier exists.

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