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

Mr. Aaron Byrne:

Yes. Actually, we have a programme going at the moment with LEADER. It is a joint programme between ourselves in Wicklow, a LEADER project in Luxembourg, and a LEADER project in Finland. We are hosting them next week for four days. We will probably entertain them as well. We were in Luxembourg earlier this year for four days. It is interesting to know that when we go to these places they have exactly the same problems we have. That makes us feel a little less lonely, but also makes it a little bit more perplexing in some ways because nobody seems to have it all figured out. There are little bits and pieces coming back from each other and that is a positive thing to do. I am developing a preventive maintenance software programme in the LEADER project, which will schedule the activity of Ms Bernie Byrne and other trail crew. Ms Coad has piloted some eco-toilets in Wicklow, which are badly needed. These are our two projects and the LEADER companies from the other two countries will demonstrate what they are working on over the three-year period the programme runs over.

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