Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 6:

In page 5, to delete lines 1 and 2 and substitute the following:

“(e) the issue of permits including annual permits, for the mooring and passage by boats and licences for houseboats, to authorise and regulate the use of boats on the canals or other canal property;”.

A new licensing agreement is coming in and it is quite a legal document. The purpose of amendment No. 6 is to use a much simpler permit system rather than this complex, over-legalistic licensing system. The Minister might explain the reason we need an 11-page document for these purposes rather than a permit.