Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland
9:30 am
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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We will all come back in the second round because there are a lot of questions to be asked. I want to start by talking about the restoration of the Ulster Canal. This was funded by the shared island unit and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage here. We have been told that 15% of the island's waterways are in Northern Ireland and 85% are in the Republic of Ireland. What contribution was made from Northern Ireland to the project?