Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)
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1663. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an application has been made to his Department to commence work on the greenway from Glenbeigh to Renard greenway old railway line in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37915/13]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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An application was made by Kerry County Council for funding in respect of the Glenbeigh to Renard greenway under a Seed Funding Scheme established by my Department earlier this year.  The Scheme aims to provide a small amount of start-up financial assistance to local authorities to help with the development of initial proposals for cycle projects, particularly  those projects with the potential to yield a high return on future investment from an economic, tourism and recreational perspective.   

As part of this Scheme, the Department allocated funding of €50,000 to help progress proposals for a cycle way along the the abandoned railway line between Glenbeigh to Renard, Cahersiveen, which is a section of the Ring of Kerry Trail.

It is expected that Kerry County Council will use the funding to appoint specialist engineering consultants to carry out a structural assessment of existing structures on the route and a geotechnical assessment of the ground conditions on the elevated sections of the route as identified in the Study.