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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: Deputy Flaherty referred on the 12th Lock in Castleknock. The response from the Ombudsman was that it is not a serviced houseboat mooring location and therefore is not a priority location for the provision of a water tap. It goes on to say that the Office of the Ombudsman cannot ask Waterways Ireland to act outside its remit or in contradiction to planning permission or Government by-laws....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is a scale because it is like the property tax in central Dublin compared with, for example, somewhere below in Leitrim, where the property tax is much different. Does Mr. Rowe understand my point here?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: Price-wise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: It looks like Waterways Ireland is setting the fee based on the area in which the boats are moored, namely, Dublin city centre, and it is over €4,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: It is like tying it to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: -----the property tax in a way. It does not state that the fee is for maintenance, management or regulation. It is for-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: -----expensive development works. Is it double taxation? Waterways Ireland receives public moneys from both sides of the country and it receives moneys from permits. Mr. Rowe said a while ago that all the money from the permits would be reinvested. There are between 6,000 and 9,000 boats on the waterways and there should be revenue from those. Waterways Ireland only has 32 houseboat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is much appreciated. I mean that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I counted nearly 60 boats in Portaneena.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: Where is this revenue going? If this is an unauthorised development, where is the revenue going? At the same time, we are talking about by-laws and increasing riverboat and houseboat fees. I keep going back to this. It is not personal but I just cannot get my head around how, in this day and age, you cannot get a tap in Castleknock for an unserviced site without planning permission, yet...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: What about where there have been new encroachments? I have been told about them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: I was thinking of myself. It seems to be very easy to put something there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Waterways Ireland: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Pat Buckley: That is good news. I thank Mr. Rowe. I thank the Chair for his indulgence.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Matt Shanahan: He should absolutely come back and win the seat. He will only do so if he delivers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I thank the Deputy. The Taoiseach to respond.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I exhort him to deliver in the next six months left to the Government and to win the seat back if he wishes. Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for his political advice. I do not need any notes to debate the Deputy in relation to these matters. It is highly regrettable that I had to ask him to withdraw comments about politicians coming in here and gormlessly expressing views around hate and toxicity in Irish politics. We should all call that out. If it happened to the Deputy, I would call it out. If it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Matt Shanahan: I told the Taoiseach I was reflecting what-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

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