Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and the progress to date to facilitate a cycle route between Leixlip, County Kildare and Mullingar, County Westmeath, inclusive of Maynooth, County Kildare, with particular reference to the obvious benefits to the local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19693/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The cycle route to which the Deputy is referring is part of the proposed 276km Dublin to Galway Greenway.  For the purpose of progressing this work the proposed route has been broken up into two sections, the National Transport Authority (NTA) are dealing with the  Dublin-Maynooth section and the National Roads Authority (NRA) are overseeing the Maynooth to Galway section.

Planning approval has been received for the 38km section between Maynooth and the Meath/Westmeath county boundary and construction can commence once funding becomes available.  All Department funding for the development of greenways is fully committed up to 2016, however, I would expect that when funding becomes available that this project will be in a position, amongst many other projects, to avail of that.

A leaflet produced by the NRA which sets out the aims and benefits of this flagship project to local communities is available at the following link: