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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Very close.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I refer to the by-laws process. A lot hangs on this by-laws process. That is probably the more important piece rather than the mooring charges, even though it is a fairly substantial increase. The by-laws are more important and probably a trickier piece of work. I will ask the same question. When do we think that process will lay an egg?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Again, we are quite close.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It is great that it is close to being finalised because it is so important for whatever the future holds for the canals to have that tidied up. Speaking of tidying up, I refer to spending on the cleaning of the Dublin canals, the Grand Canal Basin in particular. The Grand Canal Basin should be fantastic. It is quite beautiful. The plaza is gorgeous and all the rest of it. If the water...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is what I was asking about regarding the ambition. Is the ambition people being able to swim in Grand Canal Basin?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I hope that whatever the next Government looks like, Waterways Ireland gets the support for that. It should be fantastic. I lived in Ringsend for a number of years and used to come across those locks. It should be fantastic. On tourism, did Waterways Ireland make a submission to the Department of tourism's consultation on sustainable tourism? It was relatively recent - only the last...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I think the consultation process has closed now. I would have thought it was a fantastic opportunity, especially because it is sustainable tourism. It is an outstanding sustainable tourism offer.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: It would have been a good opportunity to have made a submission to that consultation because I do not think Waterways Ireland would have had to recreate the wheel because it has much of the work done. I think it would have made for a powerful submission. I ask about the Barrow tourism master plan and particularly a part of the world I am extremely fond of, which is Graiguenamanagh to St....

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Could I restate the question a little bit baldly? Where is Mr. McDonagh's thinking at in terms of the retention of the towpath as it is or hard surfacing?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: From Graiguenamanagh to St. Mullin's in particular.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I am not quite getting an answer.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: That is it, essentially.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: At least Mr. Rowe is answering it.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: This is my very last question, because the Chair will shut me down very shortly. He is ruthless.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Limerick city to Scarriff?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: My question is about the timeline. When do we expect bikes to be able to get from Scarriff to the University of Limerick?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I thank Mr. Rowe.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: I welcome the initial funding that gave us the lifeline for the design stage of the Cahir to Waterford project at least but I am shocked and taken aback by the reply that a business case has to be made. The business case has long since been made for this road project. Whether it is a motorway or dual carriageway, the bypass of Tipperary town is badly needed. I have spoken to the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am very much in favour of this project, especially of the section bypassing Tipperary town, which will advance faster than any other element of the project. We want the through-traffic out of Tipperary town straightaway. I recall meeting representatives of the local chamber of commerce. Some 30% of local shop fronts are not in operation, in the main, because there are so many trucks...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Jul 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, indeed, it is good news. I hope the Minister will still be in the Cabinet when it comes to the Government later in the year. I take him at his word that he is interested in having a bypass of Tipperary town. The life is choked out of it with the trucks and other traffic that should not be going through the town. People will be able to breathe, work and live again in peace if it is...