Ms Carol Coad:

Yes, exactly. We have got to provide a facility for them. It is the same with unauthorised mountain biking. Coillte's recreation strategy outlines specific areas for biking and horse riding. Horse riding is permitted by agreement with the local forest manager in the vast majority of sites, once riders have a permit, which they can apply for through Coillte systems. The one we put in at Glenmalure was to test a dedicated equestrian trail run on a pilot basis with Coillte. We run it through one of the Horse Sport Ireland, HSI, affiliates to ensure that everyone is insured. Riders have to be a member of a certain HSI affiliate to be allowed to use it. That is what we have got to provide. We cannot just say that people cannot do something. We have got to provide an alternative, but I do not know how one could police 132 km of trail on the Wicklow Way.