Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The Deputy probably saw the joint statement issued by the Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office, David Hanson, and me in which we asked Waterways Ireland to urgently review the reports on the Ulster Canal as they relate to a section from the Erne upwards and from Lough Neagh downwards. We are not talking about the whole canal. I have always taken the view, and I believe it is a rational one, that if we could start the work and do it in sections, we would be making progress. We have asked Waterways Ireland to give us reports as quickly as possible, using the existing literature and previous reports. I am committed, and I am sure as an Ulsterman the Deputy would support me in this——

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