Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland

9:30 am

Photo of Paul McAuliffePaul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Dublin City Council has a lot of experience of dealing with activity in areas much larger than the area being talked about here. The basic principle here is that the amenity must remain open. The costs being incurred are costs to close it, whereas we should be directing the costs to open it. I will finish on that point.