Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will authorise the use of moneys sanctioned for the development of the greenway from Galway to Clifden to purchase the necessary land along the route by agreement; if not, the reason this permission has not been given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52463/17]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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My Department awarded €2m to Galway County Council in 2014 to deliver a Greenway from Galway to Moycullen. The funding agreement signed by Galway County Council does not preclude the purchase of land along the route by Galway County Council nor is it a requirement for the Council to seek the permission of my Department in relation to any arrangements which it considers necessary for the delivery of the Greenway, once it complies with the terms and conditions of the funding.

The delivery of the Greenway is the responsibility of Galway County Council and it does not require my permission to purchase land along the route by agreement, if the Council considers it necessary and appropriate to do so.