Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Not all of the Oireachtas Members were invited. I am sure that if the Chair were free to speak, he could clarify that for himself. One cannot get to County Galway without engaging with landowners in County Roscommon first, or do the officials in the Department need a lesson in geography? It is possible, by using Bord na Móna lands and existing disused rights of way and by having a segregated route between Ballinasloe and Aughrim on the old N6, to bring the greenway as far as there without any disruption of farmland. Yet that has not been given the consideration it merits. What is the situation regarding Bord na Móna? Has it vetoed access to its lands on the basis of active production? If the rule applies for Bord na Móna, it should also apply to farmland.

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