Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 April 2024

Committee on Public Petitions

Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Marian HarkinMarian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have just a final comment as my time is up. My perspective is that putting a greenway in place in no way, as Mr. Kenny said, negatively impacts on the possibility of a rail link in the future. While we still await the strategic rail review to see what may be delivered up to 2050, which does leave us in a flux, it is nonetheless very important to say that putting a greenway in place will not in any way negatively impact on the possibility to build a rail link from Claremorris to Sligo. To a large extent that is the basis of the petitioner's case here today. I will now leave it to other members.

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