Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development
Embracing Ireland's Outdoors - National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027: Discussion
2:00 am
Anne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail)
That answers that question. I thank Mr. Mulherin.
I want to move on to the Department’s collaborative work in the midlands. I am located on the bridge in Portumna. Eyrecourt is nearly on the Banagher bridge. Just transition does not really bite into this part of east Galway, even though we have plenty of bogs. Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, somebody decided this part of east Galway did not constitute an area for inclusion. I am trying to understand what is happening with the midlands strategy. Do you just stop the walk at the end of the just transition programme region or come into east Galway and continue on? We have a very successful walk, the Hymany Way, part of which has recently been funded by the Department. This was part of its recent allocation, which I acknowledge, but there is a midlands strategy. I have no doubt that the Department is partnering with Waterways Ireland, with which, along with the local authority, we are partnering in Portumna. Where do we fit into the Department’s strategy?
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