Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

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 (Resumed)

Mr. Patrick Harkin:

We had submissions from three organisations in respect of the operating of events, the selling of produce and so on. The list is not fixed. We will take on board the point about the Royal Canal. I can safely say we will expand the list because we want to encourage the holding of events on our waterways. It was intended for large, commercial organisations and operations, not for the selling of produce at a garden festival on the canals.