Results 961-980 of 20,040 for speaker:Brian Stanley
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I know that Mr. McDonagh cannot do so, but I can. It will affect whether there will be a bit more cash knocking around because there is a very difficult budgetary situation and, unfortunately, the Assembly and the Executive do not have the same powers as the Dáil to raise money. Is there a timeline for the delivery of that project? I would like to use it. I have never been on a...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Has planning permission for the third phase been approved?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Completion will be in 2028 or 2029. The estimated cost is €104 million. There is planning permission in the North because the Ministers grant it there, or sign off on it. It is a different planning system.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are three phases at planning permission here. Regarding phases 1 and 2, in total 3.5 km in two pieces have been done. Is that operational now?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I am familiar with that one.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Ó Cathasaigh is asking whether it will be grass or a hard surface?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will give Deputy Ó Cathasaigh an opportunity. I can see he is keen to get a response.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Does Deputy Murphy want to take a moment before putting her final question?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I have a couple of questions and then Deputy Murphy can come back in.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Deputy Murphy can gather her thoughts. I wish to ask about the Grand Canal. Mr. McDonagh is going to give us a note on the breakdown of the €125,000. The proposed Shannon pipeline is back in the news again, so to speak. There are arguments for and against it, but I will not get into them here as that is for another forum. An issue was raised by some boat owners and operators in...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: Per second. And the figure here is 4 m3 per second.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: On the status quo, have situations arisen where some boats may have been bottoming-out anywhere along the Shannon? It has not run out of water, has it?.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I will explain why I am asking the question. This proposal is out there again and I am trying to inform myself about this. People are arguing on both sides of this and I wanted to get Waterways Ireland’s view, as the body which owns and manages the waterway. I would have expected that it would have done some work on it with Uisce Éireann.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: I welcome that. I wanted to get Waterways Ireland’s take on it so I thank Mr. Rowe. I have a question on Vicarstown. Mr. Rowe will know what I am talking about.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: 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...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: It just strikes me that the midlands in general does not do well with tourism or funding for tourism. I do not want to be too parochial about it but County Laois certainly does not do well. There is a number of visitor attractions in the county but it is also for us natives. Vicarstown has much more potential to generate employment and money locally and improving Waterway Ireland’s...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: That does not give much away.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: The position between Monasterevin and Athy is a perfect location.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: However, at the moment there are no facilities there for pumping out.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Brian Stanley: There are no facilities whatever. Plans can change and they can take a long time. In the short to medium term, are there plans to do anything?