Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 July 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I will revert to the issue of expenditure and income. The spend in 2022 was €61 million, having risen from €50 million in 2021, and income was €1.35 million for that year. To be realistic, it is not a body that is going to bring in a large amount of income because of the nature of what it is looking after, which is canals and other waterways. The information on people using boats and mooring fees for residential and non-residential use is all fairly clear to me but I have a question on unauthorised developments.

Is any income received from developments such as moorings, jetties or other hard structures put there by businesses operating along the Shannon and the lakes on the Shannon?