Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 4 July 2024
Public Accounts Committee
Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland
9:30 am
Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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It is a lovely village. There were two pubs in it. The pubs are gone. The school is gone. There is nothing. Mr. Rowe will have been down there a number of times, I would say. There are a lot of people living down there with his second name. The whole locality is fantastic. I have not been out there often enough but hopefully we will get to go out there again. What plans are there for the waterway there? Does Waterways Ireland have any plans to develop a facility? There is a partial operation of a café which is great. I think it is starting to open up again and it was certainly open last year but it would be great if the village could be brought back to life and the facilities used better. Are there plans for any physical developments at Vicarstown?