Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion

Mr. ?anna Rowe:

We did so through KPMG. We took that research and when we looked at the fees, we halved what was being recommended in the research because, again, we are cognisant of the cost-of-living crisis, the fact that these would be new fees and, indeed, that we need to regulate this sector.