Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy. I am a huge fan of greenways. All Members have seen the enormous success the Great Western Greenway has been in Mayo, as has the Déise greenway in Waterford. I have been on the great southern trail with Deputy Griffin and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, on a few occasions and I was delighted to hear that it is now being opened and extended. It is a long time since I was fully across the project. I dealt with it while I was Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Like the Deputy, I am a huge supporter of greenways. We need to make sure we get them to go ahead and that we work with landowners and so on to make sure there are no missing links between them. Of course, a wonderful greenway yet to be developed is the one in south Kerry. I look forward to seeing it being developed soon.

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