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:

With regard to the model under we will operate, we will obviously consider in detail the submission we received from the residents in Grand Canal Dock. We received it just before phase 2 started and we will take it on board and consider it in detail. We very much welcome the effort and detail that were put into the document.

As for the governance of same, this involves a permit, a licence, so it is not a landlord and tenant relationship or anything like that. Waterways Ireland is proposing a permit and a licence. We will also consider other models, particularly for the likes of Grand Canal Dock where there is a large concentration of boats in a very busy urban environment. We may need to look at other considerations outside of normal considerations with regard to areas such as safety. We had to bring security onto the site, unfortunately, during the summer due to antisocial behaviour around the boats and property assets there. Refuse and so forth are also issues that we will look at. The Senator can rest assured in that regard.

With regard to speed limits on the greenways and blueways, I will ask my colleague, Mr. Harkin, to respond.

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