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Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Department of Rural and Community Development

Insurance Coverage

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the insurance indemnity schemes that are applicable to signed and looped walkways here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49983/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Sport Ireland Outdoors holds an insurance policy covering approved National Way-Marked Ways and Looped Walks, which protects landowners against claims from recreational users of these specified trails. The insurance policy covers trails that meet a specified standard, and includes all trails on my Department's Walks Scheme.

The trail management organisation responsible for developing the trail referred to by the Deputy may wish to contact Sport Ireland Outdoors to discuss the accreditation of the trail and the potential for inclusion in the insurance policy.

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