Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Shared Island Unit: Department of the Taoiseach

Mr. Eoghan Duffy:

As Mr. Brady said, we had a good meeting with stakeholders and representatives on the project. It is a very good example of the coming together of two points we have spoken about. The first point is that intensive work is going on at local authority level to build a plan to have a cross-Border dimension to active travel in the region. This is being championed and funded at local authority level. The second point is that at national level the NDP recognises this work and sets an investment objective to develop an island-wide greenway network. This is a strategic investment objective under the NDP. Resourcing can be put behind this. It requires local authorities on either side of the Border to come together and put forward an integrated approach. As Ms O'Donoghue said, this is very much part of the approach on the Narrow Water Bridge project and the area.