Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport

Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Lorcan O'Connor:

It goes back to the foundations of the code. It is an attempt, taking all stakeholders together and working together to try to find a way forward. The vast majority of people want to see these projects delivered. It is a matter of recalibrating the code or re-emphasising elements of the code if either of those are needed, to try to get people that bit more confident. I cannot sit here today and tell the Deputy that there will never be a need for a CPO. As you are delivering hundreds of kilometres of greenways, there may well be instances required. It may well even be just to tidy up title or legal issues. The point is the code does not envisage wholesale CPOs. It is a last resort and should be-----

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