Waterways Ireland - Statutory Function Manage, Maintain, Develop and Promote the Inland Navigable Waterways principally
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Waterways Ireland
Largest of the six
North/South
Implementation
Bodies
Statutory Function
Manage, Maintain, Develop and Promote
the Inland Navigable Waterways principally
for Recreational Purposes
1,000 KM OF WATERWAY
420 KM OF TOWPATH
SEVEN NAVIGATIONS
175 LOCKS & CHAMBERS
360 BRIDGES
1,200 HERITAGE STRUCTURES
13,900 M OF MOORINGS
Our Goal ...
- Deliver World Class Waterway Corridors & Increase Use
- Create job, support business delivery
- Sustain their unique built and natural heritage
3
Challenges
• Declining Resources
• Weather
• Invasive Species
• Aging & Historic Estate –
infrastructure failure
• Bye-Laws
• Water Quality & Supply
• Designated Lands
How Have We Responded to
these Challenges?
Used capital funding for repairs and replacement
New embankment constructed in Cloonlara
Lock gate Manufacture & Replacement: Installation at Roosky Lock
Embankment repair completed in Feb '18 along the Lough Allen canal
Reduce Costs • Fixed overheads reduced by 50% from 2013 • Seasonal business – staff nos: 319 • Reduced Senior Management Team • Use of technology – internet to carry calls - €100k per annum • Match service to use – Lockkeepers Agreement - €180k per annum • Closed services in Winter
Earn Income
• Goal to earn ongoing income stream on each waterway
• Operating licences - €100k
• Develop towpaths, ducting to carry services - €86k per annum
• Charge 3rd parties for temporary use of our land, eg site office,
3 car parking spaces €24.5k per annum
• Sell airspace, eg Grand Canal Dock - €1.5m
• Rent land and buildings - €160k
• Let office space in HQ - €45k each year
Use 3rd Party Funding to
Support Development
• Royal Canal Towpath Development -
€3.73 m – Dept of Tourism & Sport and
Local Authority fundingFáilte Ireland Strategic Partnership
75% funded
Key project development;
- Shannon Masterplan
- Dublin City Canals Greenway
- Tourism Masterplan for Grand Canal Dock• Shannon Blueway Acres Lake Boardwalk - €500k – Rural Recreation Scheme
Goal ...
Increase Use by 5% annually by
local communities
Paddles Blueway Open
Up 10k Water
SwimmingIncrease Use By attracting new visitors Changes in how people spend their leisure time - Activity tourism New Products & Markets Blueways Sports Tourism Heritage Trail Motor home facilities – based at existing harbours and amenity sites Redevelop key sites – Tullamore/Mullingar Harbours
Tullamore Harbour
Key Priorities Complete Linear Trails along all our towpaths
Blueways –
development is a partnership presenting the
waterways new users walking, cycling, mapped
trails, activity providers, local authorities and local
communities.
• Shannon Blueway – Opened 2014
– 100k users bringing €4m to local economy
– Acres lake Boardwalk
• Shannon-Erne Blueway – Opened 2016
• Lough Derg Blueway – Opened 2018Demand for Outdoor Recreation
Activity Tourism is Big Business
“Core Potential” = taken
activity holiday in last 2
years and would consider
taking a holiday in Ireland in
next 3 years
Strong Potential interest
within the
key markets:
•Walking – 34 million
•Cycling – 20 million
•Watersports – 17 million
•If we attract only 5% -
additional €1bn of tourist
revenueDevelop an Inland Waterways
Spiritual Trail
• Inland waterways were once a great highway for pilgrims in
Ireland
• An ancient spiritual route exists from the Shannon
Navigation to Lough Erne and beyond to Lough Derg in Co
Donegal
• 13 Local Action Groups and Local Authorities, Fáilte Ireland,
Built Heritage LAG Co-ordination ProjectUlster Canal
• 76 km in length
– Wattle Bridge on the River Finn to Charlemont
on the River BlackwaterUlster Canal New extension navigation Lough Erne to Castle Saunderson - Complete
Ulster Canal Greenway Waterways Ireland lead development of a greenway linking the Erne System at Castlesaunderson to the River Blackwater at Charlemont and following the line of the Ulster Canal - Approved by NSMC on 10th June 2015
Middletown
Ulster Canal Greenway
€4.95m Interreg Sustainable Transport to fund
22 km of towpath along Route of Ulster Canal
Monaghan
Smithborough
Due to complete in 2021From this…
…to thisGrand Canal Dock & Spencer Dock, Dublin To create Dublin City outdoor Blue playground - an animated destination in the city Key to linking the city and use of the wider rural canal network
• Dublin City Canal Events Strategy – The Royal Canal Big Day Out • City Centre Triathlon Open Swim Training Location – Spencer Dock • New Exit & Board Walk from Grand Canal Dart Station • 12th Lock to 12th Lock City Cycle Loop • Work with Dublin City Council and Irish Water ref. Water Quality
Canal Bye Laws • Over 14,500 Registered Boats – 1,000 km navigation • 508 boats on 360 km of canal network – 75% NEVER move • Canals Act, 1986 (Bye-Laws) 1988 – 30 Years without amendment
Canal Bye Laws - Proposal
-Waterways Ireland provides public infrastructure navigation
such as moorings, etc.
-Other navigations private sector provides off line moorings
-Canal network – no private inward investment, Waterways
Ireland charges too low
Modernise Charging
• Current Charge
– €126 to use for year
– €152 to moor for a year (max)
compared to
• €600 - €1,800 for a Private Marina Mooring on other
navigations Waterways Ireland managesCanal Bye Laws - Proposal Introduce Fixed Penalty Notices • Only sanction - Removal • Expensive • Cheaper to abandon wreck for Waterways Ireland to remove Granted in 2005 – Maritime Safety Act
Canal Bye Laws - Proposal Make Provision to Manage New Use • Houseboats – Ability to provide for, manage and charge
The Value of the Inland Waterways Annual Value €m Private Boating 88 Cruise Hire 55 Angling 142 Access to recreational opportunities 50 Health benefits due to increased physical 30 activity Events 8 Good status water quality 16 TOTAL €389 m
Changing Level of Funding
Current Capital Total
2010 €29,600,000 €9,405,000 €39,005,000
2018 €24,100,000 €3,580,000 €27,680,000
Funded 85% Department of Culture, Heritage and the
Gaeltacht and 15% Department for Infrastructure.
Each jurisdiction funds its own capital programme.Critical Structures Repairs
IRELAND 2016 2017 2018 2019
Budget Required €5,984 €6,184 €6,2441 €6,633
DCHG €2,680 €2,680 €3,580 €4,380
Additional In Year €3,188 €2,766
Funding
TOTAL €5,868 €5,446 €3,580 €4,380
Figures are in 000'sPension Costs
• Pension Costs 2010 - €700,000
• Pension Costs 2018 - €2.80m
• Estimate Pension Costs 2019 - €3.3m
Pension Costs 2010 to 2020
4,000,000
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
500,000
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 * 2016 2017 2018 F 2019 F 2020 FThank you Dawn Livingstone Chief Executive Office Phone: +44 (0) 28 6634 6201 Home Phone: +44 (0) 28 6772 2240 Mobile: +44 (0) 74 4323 3713
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