Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development

Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht

2:00 am

Photo of Dara CallearyDara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)

I thank Deputy Aird. The Coillte programme is fantastic and Coillte are very good partners but equally, we invest €15 million into Coillte over five years. It is a significant investment on our part. We are actually in negotiations and very early talks with Bord na Móna around what we can do with their properties as well. The Deputy just said it himself. There are some amazing spaces that could be used and amazing access to infrastructure there already that would really work. They are two good schemes and it comes back to the Deputy's first point this morning about reimagining what outdoor recreation looks like.

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