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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I have a couple of more specific questions but I will come back in later.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I refer to the Block 19 graving docks. I think Waterways Ireland was considering selling it at one point for a housing development or some such thing. What is the status?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Many of my questions will be, "What is the timeline for that?" What is the timeline for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very close.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I refer to the by-laws process. A lot hangs on this by-laws process. That is probably the more important piece rather than the mooring charges, even though it is a fairly substantial increase. The by-laws are more important and probably a trickier piece of work. I will ask the same question. When do we think that process will lay an egg?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Again, we are quite close.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is great that it is close to being finalised because it is so important for whatever the future holds for the canals to have that tidied up. Speaking of tidying up, I refer to spending on the cleaning of the Dublin canals, the Grand Canal Basin in particular. The Grand Canal Basin should be fantastic. It is quite beautiful. The plaza is gorgeous and all the rest of it. If the water...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is what I was asking about regarding the ambition. Is the ambition people being able to swim in Grand Canal Basin?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I hope that whatever the next Government looks like, Waterways Ireland gets the support for that. It should be fantastic. I lived in Ringsend for a number of years and used to come across those locks. It should be fantastic. On tourism, did Waterways Ireland make a submission to the Department of tourism's consultation on sustainable tourism? It was relatively recent - only the last...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I think the consultation process has closed now. I would have thought it was a fantastic opportunity, especially because it is sustainable tourism. It is an outstanding sustainable tourism offer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It would have been a good opportunity to have made a submission to that consultation because I do not think Waterways Ireland would have had to recreate the wheel because it has much of the work done. I think it would have made for a powerful submission. I ask about the Barrow tourism master plan and particularly a part of the world I am extremely fond of, which is Graiguenamanagh to St....
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Could I restate the question a little bit baldly? Where is Mr. McDonagh's thinking at in terms of the retention of the towpath as it is or hard surfacing?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: From Graiguenamanagh to St. Mullin's in particular.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am not quite getting an answer.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is it, essentially.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: At least Mr. Rowe is answering it.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is my very last question, because the Chair will shut me down very shortly. He is ruthless.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Limerick city to Scarriff?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: My question is about the timeline. When do we expect bikes to be able to get from Scarriff to the University of Limerick?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Mr. Rowe.