17 Jul 2012, 14:36
The Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht will launch a report on the management and protection of the River Shannon on Thursday, 19th July 2012 at 12pm in the AV Room, Leinster House, Dublin 2.
The report, which is based on advice from a working group of the Committee comprising Deputies James Bannon, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Luke Flanagan, Denis Naughten, Brian Stanley and Robert Troy, makes a number of important recommendations and observations on the issue.
The Chairman of the Committee, Ciarán Lynch TD, said: “We have been far too complacent with regard to the river Shannon for many years and, in this light, the Committee has decided to use this report to draw immediate public attention to eight major proposals which it believes must be implemented immediately. The most immediate priority is to stop flooding, to have one organisation assume ownership of the problem, to ensure the free-flow of water on the Shannon, to maintain the water levels at appropriate levels and to protect the river banks in all their aspects - agricultural, ecological, economic and social.”
Event: Launch of the Report on the management and protection of the River Shannon by the Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Location: AV Room, Leinster House
Date: Thursday, 19th July 2012
Time: 12pm
You are invited to attend, or send a representative, to the launch of this report. To attend this event you must be accredited to attend briefings in Leinster House. To arrange for accreditation for the event or for further information please contact:
ENDS
For further information please contact:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551
Committee Membership
Deputies:
Ciarán Lynch, Labour Party (Chairman)
Noel Coonan, Fine Gael (Vice-Chairman)
James Bannon, Fine Gael
Paudie Coffey, Fine Gael
Terence Flanagan, Fine Gael
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Fine Gael
Tony McLoughlin, Fine Gael
Patrick O’Donovan, Fine Gael
Brian Walsh, Fine Gael
Kevin Humphreys, Labour Party
Gerald Nash, Labour Party
Seán Kenny, Labour Party
Robert Troy, Fianna Fáil
Timmy Dooley, Fianna Fáil
Niall Collins, Fianna Fáil
Sandra McLellan, Sinn Féin
Dessie Ellis, Sinn Féin
Brian Stanley, Sinn Féin
Clare Daly, Socialist Party
Catherine Murphy, Independent
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan, Independent
Senators:
Cáit Keane, Fine Gael
Catherine Noone, Fine Gael
Labhrás Ó’Murchú, Fianna Fáil
Ned O’Sullivan, Fianna Fáil
Fiach Mac Conghail, Independent