Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff which have been redeployed by Waterways Ireland since 2012 on the River Shannon from north Roscommon to Athlone and the numbers of staff currently employed in each of the areas along this stretch. [14950/16]

Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to downgrade or close the Portumna and Tullamore bases; and the reason an on call allowance for employees has ceased particularly in light of the fact that a new post of head of administration, regional stores and offices, comes with a salary of between €61,000-€72,545. [14951/16]

Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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383. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of funding which she has allocated to Waterways Ireland from Northern Ireland and here since 2012. [14952/16]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 381 to 383, inclusive, together.

I am advised by Waterways Ireland that it has redeployed no staff on the Shannon Navigation since 2012. Currently, 37 members of staff are employed on the North Shannon at the following locations: Roosky (6), Athlone (6), Albert Lock (3), Kilclare (1), Clarendon/Drumshanbo (1), Tarmonbarry/Cleendra (1), Knockvicar (12) and Carrick-on-Shannon (7). Waterways Ireland does not have an on call allowance.

I am advised also that Waterways Ireland has no plans to downgrade or close the Portumna or Tullamore bases. The organisation is in the process of completing a competition to appoint, from within its existing staff, a manager, on a fixed term contract of 24 months, to review the services provided by Tullamore and Portumna offices and to examine how these services can best be developed to meet evolving requirements and the changing circumstances in which Waterways Ireland works.

Details of the funding allocated to Waterways Ireland by the two jurisdictions, North and South, are contained in the Annual Report and Accounts for Waterways Ireland, which are laid simultaneously before the Houses of the Oireachtas and the Northern Assembly each year and published on the Waterways Ireland website www.waterwasireland.org.The allocations, including both current and capital allocations, for the years 2012 to 2015 are shown in the following table: