Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Walking and cycling tourism, which I imagine would be supported by the Minister, is becoming exceptionally popular throughout the world. The Santiago de Compostela walk is a perfect example of where people can actually visit cultural and religious heritage sites and walk in the beautiful landscape of Galicia in northern Spain. I believe that this type of tourism will help County Meath. It would mean that tourists are in the county for seven or eight days rather than staying in a Dublin hotel and just tipping up on a bus. The Boyne greenway and such projects would allow this to happen. The proposed Boyne greenway was put into a motion by me when I was on Navan Town Council back in 2007, yet its delivery has been glacial. The Boyne Valley was carved out faster by glaciers than the time taken by the Government to build a cycle and walkway beside it. I ask that the Minister would focus on that particular achievement. It would be the jewel in the crown of the tourism product in County Meath.

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