Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 February 2010
433 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when he received the report on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the reason he has not published that report; when he expects to act on the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8720/10]
View answer444 Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he has received a report on the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; if he will release this report on receiving it; and if he will make a statement on its recommendations. [9159/10]
View answerI propose to take Question Nos. 433 and 444 together.
On foot of my request to the Chair of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority last Autumn to undertake a comprehensive review of corporate governance within the Authority, two comprehensive independent consultants' reports were commissioned by the Authority to assess its planning and financial procedures.
These comprehensive reports were submitted to me in early February and are now being considered by my Department, in consultation with the Attorney General's Office. I expect that the consideration of the reports will be completed within a matter of weeks, at which stage I will bring my Department's analysis and recommendations to Government in response to the issues raised in the reports. Having initiated this governance review, I am determined to complete it in the public interest and will publish these reports in due course, subject to any legal constraints.
