Thomas Pringle (Donegal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The crux of the problem is that Donegal County Council says that if it does this work that is funded by the OPW, it will have to maintain it in the future and the responsibility will be on it to do that. It says it will not do that for private property, as private land is affected too. There is a public walkway across the land, which has been concreted by the council to facilitate the public. The landowners have no problem with that at all, but if it is the case that it is left to them to maintain and protect this land, they are going to have to close the walkway. If that happens, I do not think it would be of any benefit to the community or anybody else either. Basically, the local road engineers say they could carry out the works but they do not want to be responsible for it in the future if more work needs to be done.

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