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

The Bill currently provides that "an authorised officer may give to the owner of a boat such directions, orally or in writing, as he or she considers reasonable for the purpose of his or her functions under this Act or canal bye-laws". Again, it is only the owner of a boat who can be given a direction. Somebody on the boat or somebody else doing something which is totally obnoxious on the property cannot be given a direction.