121 Mr. O'Leary asked the Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht if he will arrange with the Office of Public Works and Killarney Urban District Council, with the aid of EU funding, for the development of part of the national park at Knockreer and the Demense, County Kerry, both adjacent to churches, schools, colleges and the town, as a model town park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13397/96]

The proposals for the future development of these areas are set out in the management plan for Killarney National Park, which was published in 1990. The development scheme proposed contains the following main elements:— a major tree planting programme, with considerable irregularly patterned woodland, is to be established on the southern edge of the parkland; restoration of the internal roadway linking Knockreer and the Demesne for jaunting car, pedestrain and cycle use; the location in parkland paddocks along this roadway of rare breeds of livestock and horses, both as a visitor feature and for grassland maintenance; development of car parks at Ross Road and at Knockreer; specific landscape development of the Demesne area to the West of Killarney House and restoration of many formal features in the Demesne area, particularly in the immediate precincts of Killarney House.