Mr. Niall ? Donnch?:

National parks in Ireland are open to the public. In our national parks we are in the business of presentation as well as preservation and conservation. Each of the eight national parks is quite different in terms of habitats, landscape and relative attraction to the public and tourists. The interventions we make at some of the parks are very different from those we make at others. There is a commonality of challenges. Certainly where there are visitors, one of those challenges is to find the right balance between visitor management and the public's enjoyment of these public assets and our conservation and nature obligations. Dr. Bleasdale referred to a restive space. This is an ongoing piece of work. The popularity of our national parks has grown immeasurably in referring to national parks.