Michael Comiskey (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the recent announcement by Fáilte Ireland on the development of the Wild Atlantic Way. It is a great opportunity for us on the west coast to develop the tourism industry. People will have an opportunity to make submissions on their ideas to Fáilte Ireland until next Friday. The Wild Atlantic Way will go through the north west, from Donegal down through Bundoran to Leitrim, which has only two miles of coastline, and to Sligo. We have beautiful scenery such as Glencar Waterfall, Yeats?s grave, which is close to the road, and Seán Mac Diarmada?s cottage. I tabled a motion on the Adjournment relating to the last one and I look forward to a debate on the matter. The cottage is in the same condition as when he left it. We could develop a significant tourism industry in the entire area in line with what has been done in Killarney and Westport. I often wondered why the north west had fallen behind to such an extent. This is a great opportunity for the development of tourism in the region.