Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)

The Deputy knows I do not have the information. He knows it is not reasonable to expect me to know the status of every greenway in this country when answering questions on promised legislation. If he wanted an answer, he should have let me know he was going to raise this particular issue. I then could have given him a more detailed answer. It is not acceptable to expect that, when I am on my feet responding on a variety of issues, I would know the status of every greenway in our country, even one as important as this one. I know the part of the country the Deputy is referring to well. I know how beautiful it is and that a greenway will only benefit those who live there and those who want to visit. I will commit to making sure the Minister for tourism and the Minister for Transport are aware of the issue the Deputy has raised but, if this issue is as important as he believes it to be, it would have been reasonable to let me know he was going to raise it so that I could have done the issue justice here in the Dáil today. In the absence of that information, I am not able to do so. I will raise the issue with the Ministers responsible for this area, however.

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