Aisling Dolan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I also offer my condolences to Bridget Doody on her loss. I want to thank the students who have joined us. I hope that they are enjoying their day in Leinster House. It is great to see.

It is great to see that we are engaging with some of the businesses in our communities. The Minister of State, Deputy English, attended a public meeting on businesses to highlight supports in the budget for businesses under the temporary business energy support scheme. I look forward to meeting Ministers on the potential cycleway in Ballinasloe. I hope that the Minister of State, Deputy Naughton, will visit there tomorrow to meet with the project team and hear progress on the cycleway into Ballinasloe in the coming years. The cycleway project from Galway to Dublin is a major piece of infrastructure. It will really change the quality of life of communities all around the west. It will highlight what we have, increase tourism and bring new jobs into the area. We are grateful that this happens with landowner consensus. There is public land that can be used the whole way from Athlone to Dublin but from Athlone to Galway city is private land. We are grateful to private landowners who understand, appreciate and engage and who will give back to local communities in this regard.