Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 773: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if he will report on the implementation of the RPS Cairns Report with regard to improving and upgrading the amenity of the Royal Canal and its towpaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1158/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Waterways Ireland has advised me that since the publication of the RPS Cairns Report in 1995, there has been substantial development of lands adjoining the Royal Canal in the Dublin area, the extent of which could not have been envisaged in the context of the strategic thinking underlying the report. However, I understand from Waterways Ireland that cognisance has been given to the recommendations set out in the RPS Cairns Report in developing a planned programme of works for the Royal Canal and its towpaths. Waterways Ireland continues to work closely with relevant local authorities in the upgrading of the Royal Canal under the National Development Plan, while also working to fully re-open the Canal in 2009 from Spencer Dock in Dublin to Richmond Harbour in County Longford.