Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that will be implemented to increase tourism business through direct investment and/or introduction of specific incentives to the sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43916/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Waterways Ireland is the North South Body responsible for the management and maintenance of more than 1000km of Ireland's inland waterways including the Shannon Erne Waterway. Waterways Ireland also manages and maintains the river Shannon, the Erne System, the Barrow, the Royal and Grand Canals and the Lower Bann Navigation.

Waterways Ireland is funded by my Department and the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland.

The detailed information sought, insofar as it applies to Waterways Ireland, 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: oireachtas@waterwaysireland.org