Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 405: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when the woods and walkways of Granstown lake in south Laois will be opened again to the local community and the wider public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15118/08]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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Grantstown Lake and Wood is designated as a Nature Reserve under the Wildlife Act 1976 and is owned and managed by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of my Department.

Access to the site is by means of a right-of-way over privately-owned lands but a dispute has arisen concerning the use of this right-of-way by members of the public. My Department is examining ways of resolving this dispute in conjunction with the Chief State Solicitor's Office.