I compliment Senator Rabbitte who, as she very eloquently described, lives so close to the River Shannon herself. In other words, these are water catchment and storm water releases that are feeding into the streams that flow into the tributaries of the River Shannon. Over 100 years since the Shannon hydroelectric project and the building of Ardnacrusha, and the whole works that were carried out throughout the Shannon system, only 2% of our national electricity is generated at Ardnacrusha.
The Shannon, as a major European river, deserves better and to be treated as the important river that it is. As in the case of the River Lee, restrictions on water flow in the River Shannon are primarily as a result of the river's topography, not as a result of legislation.
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly; Níl, Senators Malcolm Noonan and Tom Clonan.
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