Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 September 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht

Rural Development and Infrastructure: Belturbet, Connemara and Kells Municipal Districts

2:15 pm

Mr. Liam Gavin:

I will be very brief. On the engagement with NPWS, we have submitted seven method statements to it. The first two were agreed eventually after 11 iterations. The second five have not been agreed, despite the fact that we have met the NPWS over seven times.

On the Deputy’s second question, on the opposition to planning permission at the oral hearing in November 2015, he is correct in stating NPWS did provide evidence opposing the construction of the road.

On the third question, that is a matter for-----

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