Results 581-600 of 1,042,347 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Ciarán Cuffe OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Joe McHugh OR speaker:Catherine Murphy)
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: Do they manage that better in other locations? Do we look at other jurisdictions?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: On the areas that are subject to unauthorised developments, does Waterways Ireland use any of those facilities for anything at all?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: How far back in the past?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Catherine Murphy: I thank Mr. McDonagh. Obviously, there is a relationship between the railway and the Royal Canal in particular. Does Waterways Ireland have any tied houses or houses where people are living that are tied to the employment?
- 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)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I refer to the Block 19 graving docks. I think Waterways Ireland was considering selling it at one point for a housing development or some such thing. What is the status?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2022: Waterways Ireland (4 Jul 2024)
Marc Ó Cathasaigh: Many of my questions will be, "What is the timeline for that?" What is the timeline for that?
- 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...