Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if warnings have been issued to a company (details supplied) regarding the need to ensure adequate pump out facilities for waste matter from its boats. [30222/06]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Waterways Ireland is a North-South Implementation Body set up under the British-Irish Agreement in 1999, with responsibility for the management, maintenance, development and restoration of inland navigable waterways principally for recreation purposes.

The practice of discharging waste material into the navigation in question is expressly prohibited under Waterways Ireland's Byelaws and all users of the navigation are expected to behave in a responsible manner by utilising the network of pump-out facilities that have been provided in recent years along the system in co-operation with the local authorities.

Waterways Ireland is investigating a specific complaint at present regarding an alleged illegal discharge of polluting matter directly into the navigation. When the inquiries have been completed a decision will be made on how to proceed in the matter.