Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 352: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will furnish an up to date account of his Department's plans to extend the Glasson canal in towards the village at Glasson; if a feasibility study has been completed in this regard, as was promised in earlier replies to parliamentary questions; his plans in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29357/07]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Waterways Ireland informs me that as part of the feasibility study phase of the project referred to by the Deputy, consultants were commissioned to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment, which is at present being finalised. The associated Environmental Impact Statement is expected to be available before the end of 2007. I understand that Waterways Ireland has also begun to conduct a series of information meetings with statutory bodies and other stakeholders.