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

It is very specific. It relates only to the canals, not to towpaths, dry canals or anything else, and includes the taking of water from them. What I am saying is people who do not have boats but who might want to extract water from a canal or might want to do other things on it should be just as open to having to pay a fee as a boat. If they want to jet ski on the canal, for example, Waterways Ireland cannot charge them for doing so.