Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 876: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the progress made on the programme for Government proposal to ensure that a farmer's application for planning permission on his or her land will not be adversely affected by his or her decision to grant entry to his or her land for recreational purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47852/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The question of planning permission is primarily a matter for local authorities, which operate under guidelines and legislation prepared by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. However, my Department is cognisant of concerns that should land be used on a permissive basis for recreational purposes, this would not mitigate against the landowner successfully applying for planning permission on such land. My Department communicated these concerns to the City and County Managers Association (CCMA), which is a member of Comhairle na Tuaithe. The CCMA subsequently contacted all local authorities with the recommendation that the existence of permissive walkways on a landholder's land should not affect consideration of planning permission applications.