Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)

I thank the witnesses for coming in. In our office in Tralee, we get a lot of people who are seeking more access to the greenway and we also have people who want to build higher fences to stop access, even from their own properties, onto the greenway. There is a mixed view. I know there are many people who just do not want a greenway coming near them. My experience of the Tralee to Fenit greenway is that it has been a very successful one. There is a lot of frustration in the Cahersiveen area about the delay in providing the south Kerry greenway due to the issues outlined earlier. The funding was announced the same day as the Waterford greenway. The problem is that the costs have spiralled since then. There is a serious issue in south Kerry in particular with depopulation. The three most prominent tourist hotels are all for sale at the moment - the Moorings, the Butler Arms and the Royal. It is an area that could benefit hugely, like we saw in Dungarvan, from extra tourists not only using the greenway but staying overnight in the area.

In order to move forward, is TII happy with the amount of oversight it has in making the decision to launch or establish a CPO or does it think there should be more that-----