Mr. Fintan O'Brien:

I am somewhat familiar with County Laois. I live there at the moment. There are some amazing facilities around County Laois. Some of the things that have been funded, such as the Glenbarrow car park, have been fantastic improvements.

Not every investment is necessarily in building the trail. Those ancillary bits - the car park, the facilities and the coffee area beside it - are fantastic examples of what can be done.

In Laois, there are two trails on the walks scheme but there are four more coming through, so that process is in train with regard to increasing that participation. In the most recent outdoor recreation investment for infrastructure stream in August, my recollection is that there are seven to nine projects in Laois. They are coming through.