Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 October 2020
Select Committee on Social Protection
Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 42 – Rural and Community Development, and the Islands (Further Revised)
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
There is no way like the Ulster Way. I will be happy to support that. I welcome the announcement of €500 million in funding. There are some wonderful cross-Border projects. I know Deputy Ó Cuív is familiar with the one I am about to mention, the Ulster Canal. We have progressed it and the project has been started, so it is just a matter of getting it finished now. We also have the greenway from Sligo to Enniskillen. The Chairman is right that it is about joined-up thinking. We need to join up all these treasures that we have. When one takes in the waterways and walkways, we have a great offering in the country. This funding is for cross-Border projects. It is an important signal that we want to work with our colleagues across the Border in developing projects that will add prosperity to both sides of the Border.
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