Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We received a petition about a year and a half ago about unauthorised developments and Waterways Ireland. I was talking to the secretariat about it. Waterways Ireland was asked to come in this month but it does not seem to suit it. We met the Kenyan committee. It is a pity we do not have the same rules and powers as them. They can arrest people, bring them in and make them responsible. I feel that the can has been kicked down the road numerous times. I put questions to Waterways Ireland already at the housing committee.

The petition was about unauthorised developments and Waterways Ireland. I read it here the last time. Waterways Ireland said it was responsible for unauthorised developments. The committee has been asking it to come in and explain but the dates do not suit. We have only three weeks, or three more meetings, left. I am asking if it is possible to write to Waterways Ireland again and give it those three dates to see if it is available. It is disrespectful to the committee. We are not a nasty committee.