Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I actively travel down to the beach, generally speaking. The walk and swim are part of the one solid continuum, if the Deputy understands what I mean. It is much better for you. Regarding littering, some good initiatives have been undertaken voluntarily as well. I see volunteer groups around the country that gather litter on beaches. Human behaviour is the key to this issue, but we will look at the funding issue as well. I take the Deputy’s point about parking and connecting that aspect with active travel so that investment of that type would be put in at and near beaches such as Rosscarbery, Inchydoney etc. We should put funding behind such initiatives that would encourage people to park perhaps miles back and then walk to the beach, where that is practical and feasible. I am sure Deputy Michael Healy-Rae would agree with that.

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