Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 1 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed)
2:10 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Without the legislation, the councils will not cut the hedges. When I was Minister for State with responsibility for tourism, the biggest complaint that we got every year was about the conditions of rural roads, and hedges causing damage to people's cars every year. Something has to be done. The Chairman raised an issue earlier as well.