Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 54: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if Waterways Ireland has made representations to his Department for the provision of funding for improvements to any of the canals within its remit to provide better facilities for users of the canals from a tourist as well as local perspective with special emphasis on moorings or marinas, angling or walking facilities; the funding requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8958/09]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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The provision of funding for Waterways Ireland is considered in the context of the business plan and corporate plan priorities approved periodically by the North/South Ministerial Council, having regard to the financial resources available to the two sponsor Departments concerned — my own Department and the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland.

Waterways Ireland's plans for improvement of the navigations under its control in this jurisdiction, including the provision of service blocks, moorings and marinas, are set out in the organisation's work programme under the NDP 2007–2013. Progress in this regard will, of course, be dependent on the financial resources that can be made available over the period of the NDP, taking account of the current economic challenges.