Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is the piece which involves the farmers and the landowners. I will bring that back to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys. I understand officials from the Department of Rural and Community Development met with representatives of CDS Teo, Petersburg outdoor education and training centre and GeoPark last month regarding the mountain access project at Binn Shléibhe-Mount Gable. This meeting agreed that the Department would provide funding for an engagement officer to work with the local stakeholders and assist with any issues. In addition, the Department asked the IFA to assist at a local level.

Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors acknowledges the essential role landowners can play in facilitating permissive access to their lands while acknowledging that this goodwill and the legal rights of landowners must be respected by all recreational users. In the roll-out of the mountain access project and its expansion, this principle will continue to be respected and adhered to.

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