Sarah O'Reilly (Aontú)

My question was whether Coillte was on board, because that is one of the main problems I see in our area. I am from County Cavan. For years the west of our county was seen as the tourism side. The east was not because it is more industrialised and it has a higher population. I used to try to get a focus more on where the people were, but it is seen as not as beautiful. I do not see that. My local town has a forest with a complete loop lake walk, which is unusual. I think there are only two in the country. We are fighting for space with everyone else. Who did the witnesses include in their strategy? Lots of people walk in the forest. We had counters in and in one day we had 600 people in a very small forest. We are sharing our space with people on mountain bikes and on horses. People go to the forest to walk safely because many of the roads are narrow and they cannot walk safely. There is a lot of unhappiness about how crowded our spaces are and how many people we are sharing them with. Has the County Wicklow Partnership allowed for equine trails or pump tracks?