Mr. ?anna Rowe:

I can certainly send a submission. I want to make a point about services on the Shannon and maybe dispel this misunderstanding. The management and maintenance of the Shannon is not just the 52 harbours or the existing services. There are 1,700 navigation markers that chart the navigation channel on the Shannon and they need to be maintained. Whether I am a boater for a day, a week, a month or all year, I rely on those navigation markers to be able to make my way on the Shannon, through the lakes in particular. Maintenance of the vegetation and cutting vegetation, weeds, reeds and all of that has a cost. When we look at services on the Shannon, we need to include all the services, which include the maintenance and management of the Shannon as a navigation. That is why the permit is being aligned with the permit that is already in place on the canals that will give free movement of boats across the nearly 700 km of navigation in the southern jurisdiction.