Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)

I am really struck listening to Mr. Cummins speak about the success and benefits the Waterford greenway has brought to a range of communities and then hearing the real anger from people regarding how they have been treated by TII. There does seem to be general consensus that people are not against greenways in general but the issue is the process and particularly the CPO hanging over people. I might follow up on what Deputy Daly was exploring as to how the Waterford process worked. I came across Michael Walsh in some of my own dealings and I know how hands-on he was.

Did TII have any involvement in the Waterford greenway in the same way as it did elsewhere? Was it led on the local authority side? I recognise that Mr. Cummins said CIÉ still owned the land and there was a difference there from some of the other situations. I think he said that approximately 13 landowners were engaged with. At the end of the process did any CPO have to be applied to the Waterford greenway or was it completely by agreement in the end?

Was the code of practice that is causing so much unhappiness in place during the greenway one or has it come in subsequently?