Departmental Funding
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-25
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Ciarán Cannon (FG), Galway East

When does the Minister intend to reopen the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, ORIS? It has been extraordinarily successful in recent years in supporting communities and, indeed, local authorities in developing new outdoor activity infrastructure projects. This serves two purposes, not alone to embellish and enhance the attractiveness of localities for tourism but also to support the development of amenities that benefit the local community in terms of people's health and well-being.
Two particular projects are under way in east Galway right now, one of which is at the Long Point on Loughrea Lake and the other in Portumna at Lough Derg, which will come to fruition fairly shortly and be of immense benefit. How can that good work be replicated throughout the country in the shortest timeframe?

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Sitting date: 2023-04-25