Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am talking about amendment No. 945. It is a similar amendment to two other amendments in this grouping. Briefly, the intention of amendment No. 941 is to ensure public access to areas of beauty. It should be within the remit of the planning authority to vindicate rights of way or establish new rights of way. That could help. As the Minister of State can see, amendment No. 941 states:

It shall be the duty of a planning authority to vindicate public rights of way where they exist, and to work to establish rights of way, where possible, to advance the right of people to access any monument, seashore, mountain, lakeshore, riverbank or other place of cultural or natural heritage, natural beauty or recreational utility.