Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. ?anna Rowe:

We do. The tiered level is in relation to the services provided. A serviced houseboat mooring in a location is €2,000, while unserviced moorings, such as the grassy bank, is €1,000. This is the tiering aspect. I reconfirm that we are in a brownfield situation. We are dealing with legacy issues in respect of houseboats. We have a growing population living on houseboats on the waterways. We want to cater for those houseboats, and we need to do so by means of a very structured approach. I reconfirm our commitment to listen and to take on board the suggestions and invite people to make submissions, as we did with our colleagues at Grand Canal Basin in Dublin when we asked them to send in a very detailed proposal on what they would expect by way of the provision of services and what they would reasonably expect to pay for those services. We received a submission. We have asked the same of IRBOA, but, unfortunately, we have not received the second part of the response in respect of what they would reasonably expect to pay for a serviced mooring or an unserviced mooring for houseboats.

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