Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. John McDonagh:

We want to maintain the amenity, but if we take the fencing down immediately, the only thing that will happen is that the tents will come back on board again. I should say, if the Deputy does not mind, when the tents were in place lots of people were asking us to remove them, such as residents' associations, businesses, representatives of Government, etc. The tents have been removed and the fencing has gone up. Now many people, such as residents, businesses and many others, are asking us to take the fencing down.