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

Catherine Murphy: Are there many such houses?

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

Catherine Murphy: What happens in that situation?

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

Catherine Murphy: Waterways Ireland is using them for other purposes.

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

Catherine Murphy: I am trying to visualise this. You want the viability in the mix of commercial traffic, offerings for tourism and all of that. Will the witnesses go back over one point? I asked a question earlier about the viability and the costs, including input costs. When it came to the cost of living, there were grants due to the cost of energy, for example. It would not have been specific to this...

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

Catherine Murphy: It is only last year.

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

Catherine Murphy: There would be a limit to what local authorities can do in terms of commercial rates.

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

Catherine Murphy: Why are the numbers dropping, however?

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

Catherine Murphy: The cost will be a serious determining factor if we are talking about people from Germany, for example, who have traditionally come here. They will be looking at other jurisdictions and saying Ireland is just too pricey.

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

Catherine Murphy: I have a number of questions. The witnesses from Waterways Ireland stated that May 2023 was the last time they put a stop to spending in areas that are subject to unauthorised development. What kind of money had been spent? Was it frequent expenditure or a one-off? Could they give some sort of indication about it?

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

Catherine Murphy: Was it known that the marinas were unauthorised when that was done?

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

Catherine Murphy: Is that where there was an alternative?

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

Catherine Murphy: I am sure that was something that really annoyed people who were doing things legally and right.

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

Catherine Murphy: I can understand that. When Mr. Rowe talks about affordability and looking at the by-laws, does he look at options where people do not require all the services or do they have to take the entire package?

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

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. Rowe. I am intrigued by the slips and falls. We frequently have the State Claims Agency before the committee. The amount of money talked about in this case is astronomical in comparison with what we talk about in terms of other organisations. There is something involved here that is more than trips and falls. Will Mr. McDonagh tell us what it is?

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

Catherine Murphy: What is the nature of the issue?

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

Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McDonagh. I will go back to the Blackhorse Bridge incident. It was noticed that there was a floating barrier to catch the fluids that had come from the ESB cables. How often has that kind of thing happened?

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

Catherine Murphy: Okay. It is good to hear that it is an unusual case. It came to light when a diligent passer-by noticed it. How do on-the-spot fines work? The whole idea is that we would not end up having to have fines, which are more or less to stop behaviour. Will the witnesses give an indication of how they are applied and what kind of income is realised?

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

Catherine Murphy: Did they exist at any point?

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

Catherine Murphy: Okay. Waterways Ireland did not restore the lock passage fees after Covid. Was there a reason for that?

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

Catherine Murphy: It was part of that.