Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I truly acknowledge the importance of the scheme and the support of the Department and Deputy Humphreys, as Minister, and the previous Minister, Deputy Ring, in reintroducing the scheme.

The Minister hit on the point I wanted to raise. We have active travel. Many of these schemes are used for active travel. They are used for cycling. At the back of my own house, there is a 2 km road which serves bogs and connects two roads and it is used for walking and cycling. In Sylane, we have access to Clas an Aifrinn. It was done over ten years ago under an LIS scheme. It is not only for farmers to get into land. It is creating connectivity. It is creating active travel.

I believe that if the Minister for Transport could see his way to funding on a par with what the Department of Rural and Community Affairs is doing, we would see the list being lifted. It is important that we get co-operation from the Department of Transport on this important scheme.

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