Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland

9:30 am

Mr. John McDonagh:

I do not think that is the aspect. At the moment, in our analysis, a number of things are jumping out. The first is the impact of Covid on people wanting to take a holiday. Many people in Ireland decided to take a holiday outside of Ireland rather than, for example, take a holiday on a cruise boat, so that was one thing. The second is that the German market has declined in terms of the number of people who use the boats on the River Shannon. They are a big segment.