Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I understand what the Deputy is saying. We need to have regulation of our waterways and we need to have organisation. It is in everyone's interest, even those of the users there at the moment. We need to have some certainty because our 1,000 km of waterways will be a major factor in the recovery of rural areas in the future.

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