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- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: While I would only observe from a distance, I always understood that when people wanted to go up and down the canals, they would manage the locks themselves. Why do they have to make an appointment, for example, to go in and out of the city?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Do they manage that better in other locations? Do we look at other jurisdictions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: On the areas that are subject to unauthorised developments, does Waterways Ireland use any of those facilities for anything at all?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: How far back in the past?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McDonagh. Obviously, there is a relationship between the railway and the Royal Canal in particular. Does Waterways Ireland have any tied houses or houses where people are living that are tied to the employment?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Are there many such houses?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: What happens in that situation?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Waterways Ireland is using them for other purposes.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I am trying to visualise this. You want the viability in the mix of commercial traffic, offerings for tourism and all of that. Will the witnesses go back over one point? I asked a question earlier about the viability and the costs, including input costs. When it came to the cost of living, there were grants due to the cost of energy, for example. It would not have been specific to this...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: It is only last year.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: There would be a limit to what local authorities can do in terms of commercial rates.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Why are the numbers dropping, however?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: The cost will be a serious determining factor if we are talking about people from Germany, for example, who have traditionally come here. They will be looking at other jurisdictions and saying Ireland is just too pricey.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I have a number of questions. The witnesses from Waterways Ireland stated that May 2023 was the last time they put a stop to spending in areas that are subject to unauthorised development. What kind of money had been spent? Was it frequent expenditure or a one-off? Could they give some sort of indication about it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Was it known that the marinas were unauthorised when that was done?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Is that where there was an alternative?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I am sure that was something that really annoyed people who were doing things legally and right.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I can understand that. When Mr. Rowe talks about affordability and looking at the by-laws, does he look at options where people do not require all the services or do they have to take the entire package?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Rowe. I am intrigued by the slips and falls. We frequently have the State Claims Agency before the committee. The amount of money talked about in this case is astronomical in comparison with what we talk about in terms of other organisations. There is something involved here that is more than trips and falls. Will Mr. McDonagh tell us what it is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: What is the nature of the issue?