Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2017
124. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 730 of 2 May 2017, if there have been further developments in respect of the full feasibility study regarding the planned extension of the Erne navigation from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40909/17]
View answerI am informed by Waterways Ireland that there have been no further developments in relation to a full feasibility study regarding any potential extension of the Erne navigation from Belturbet to Killykeen and Killeshandra.
As the Deputy will be aware from my earlier reply, there have been a number of studies undertaken since the late 1980's to examine the feasibility of extending the navigation upstream from Belturbet to Lough Oughter and Killeshandra. Based on the results of these studies, and review of the environmental information obtained in the process, Waterways Ireland consider that the environmental designations of this lake complex make the feasibility of the proposed navigation unviable.
