Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator O'Loughlin for her contribution. The Ballyteague blueway initiative is designed to promote well-being through opportunities for walking, cycling and enjoying the water on paddle boards and powered craft. That needs to be available and accessible to everyone. Apart from increasing people's well-being, a greater level of use of the waterway and its towpath by visitors to the area is intended to improve the local economy and support local services. My colleague, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is disappointed by the anti-social behaviour that has been seen in recent weeks but he is confident this will be addressed effectively by the relevant parties and that the blueway project will be hugely transformational and beneficial to the area. I will pass on the Senator's request to be kept up to date on developments.