Uimhir Thagarta Uathúil: 
KCC-C55-470
Stádas: 
Submitted
Údar: 
Irish Peatland Conservation Council

4. Resilient Economy & Job Creation

(Changes in Bold..removal of the word Heritage for consistancy)

RE O126

Facilitate the development of a tourism resource using cutaway peatlands in conjunction with Bord na Móna and Fáilte Ireland, subject to environmental considerations and nature designations, for example, recreational forestry, outdoor pursuits, peatways on the network of bogs and industrial railways and a designation of a National Peatlands Park.

 

RE O127

Support in conjunction with Offaly County Council, Laois County Council and all other relevant stakeholders such as Bord na Mona, Coillte, NPWS and other relevant stakeholders such as environemntal Non-Governmental Organisations, any proposal for a new National Peatlands Park centred in Kildare on Bord Na Mona cutaway bogs incorporporating the wider biodiversity hotspots, increasing recognition of the wider peatland landscape within Kildare, Laois and Offaly.