Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland
9:30 am
Mr. John McDonagh:
If you come from a very low base then you will end up with a very high percentage. Maybe to stay on the point, if you look, for example, at some of the numbers, they are in place for over 30 years. The key aspect around the revision of the by-laws has less to do with fees and more to do with regulation of the waterways. It is a governance issue for us. It would be like me coming in here today and not having any governance around our financial statements. We have 1,100 km of waterways and in the specific areas around the canals, under the Shannon Navigation Act, we are trying to bring them up to date and make them fit for purpose because they are no longer fit for purpose. That is a primary goal.
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