Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is being handled by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. It is worth knowing that anyway.

Great Britain is still and always will be our largest inbound market. It is not necessarily the largest in terms of revenue because American and European visitors stay longer and spend more as British visitors often just take short breaks but it is the largest in terms of numbers. The numbers are starting to recover quite strongly in quarters three and four, which is very encouraging. GB Path to Growth, which is a report produced last year, is the template we are using to market Ireland in Great Britain, particularly to two segments of the population. They are the older, culturally curious people and younger social energisers, as they are called. They are wonderful marketing buzz words if you are into that sort of thing. That change in marketing focus has helped.

The fact that the British economy is recovering has really helped. Unemployment is down to approximately 7%, recovery is taking hold, they have more money and sterling is going a bit further. That is probably the main reason for the recovery from Britain. This year the additional Ryanair flights will help. I am very confident about Britain.

The greenways have been funded from the tourism budget in the past. The Great Western Greenway in Mayo was an example. Now they are being funded out of the national cycle network under the Minister of State, Deputy Kelly. He has a number of proposals on his desk, including the one to which the Deputy refers. He has not made a decision yet but he will do so in the next couple of weeks.

There were originally plans to have two services stations on the N9, one at Paulstown and one further up in Kildare. The one in Paulstown seems to be going nowhere but the one in Kildare should go ahead, although I could not give an exact timeframe on it. It is linked to the contract for the N11 and Newlands Cross so it should happen soon.