Written answers
Tuesday, 26 September 2023
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Waterways Ireland
Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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346. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Waterways Ireland has entered into any contracts of confidentiality with land owners, jetty owners or marina owners in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41497/23]
Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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347. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to supply the number of contracts of confidentiality that were signed between Waterways Ireland and landowners, jetty owners, and marina owners, in tabular form for the years 2013, 2014, 2015,2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41498/23]
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of contracts containing confidentiality clauses of non-disclosure agreements that Waterways Ireland have entered into in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 by county, in tabular form. [41534/23]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 346, 347 and 353 together.
Waterways Ireland is a North South Body responsible for the management and maintenance of more than 1000km of Ireland's inland waterways. They include the Shannon, Shannon Erne Waterway, Erne System, the Barrow, the Royal and Grand Canals and the Lower Bann Navigation. It is funded by my Department and the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland.
The information requested in respect confidentiality agreements and non disclosure agreements between Waterways Ireland other parties is not held in my Department, however arrangements have been put in place by all bodies under the aegis of my Department to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. The contact email address for Waterways Ireland is ceoffice@waterwaysireland.org
Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many serving members are presently on the Board of Waterways Ireland, and if he will provide contact details for each member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41499/23]
Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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354. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide details of the current Board of Waterways Ireland, and where that information is publicly available for members of the public. [41535/23]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 348 and 354 together.
Waterways Ireland is North-South Body under the British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999, and as such was established without a Board. The functions of the Agency are exercised by a Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, under the direction of the North South Ministerial Council and a Monitoring Committee consisting of senior officials form the Sponsor Departments North and South. The Chief Executive is John McDonagh and his contact details are ceoffice@waterwaysireland.org.
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