Mr. Éanna Rowe:

The fees are fixed. The only way fees can be changed is through this process of by-laws. It is 30 years or more since the by-laws were changed. We have spent 18 months trying to get the by-laws over the line. The only way the fees can be changed is through the by-laws. As an example, the fee set for the permit on the canals was £100 in Irish punts, which is the equivalent of €127. If we applied the CPI to it, that would be in the order of €288 today. We are looking at a €200 increase after 30-odd years. The fees are set.

On the Deputy's assertion regarding massive developments, for the record, we have classified the alleged encroachments of unauthorised developments as those that are under five berths, which encompasses 76% of the 430 alleged encroachments. The others are more than five berths, which is not massive.