Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2017
246. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of the Docklands oversight and consultative forum, including membership, meetings to date and its workplan for the year. [8736/17]
View answerThe Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Act 2015, which facilitated the wind-up of the Authority, provided in Part 5 for the establishment of a Docklands Oversight and Consultative Forum on a statutory basis. The function of the Forum is to facilitate continued local stakeholder input into future social and economic regeneration of the Docklands area. The Forum will consider and advise Dublin City Council, and the Council’s Strategic Policy Committees (SPCs), on issues relating to its functions in so far as they relate to the Dublin Docklands Area.
The Act provides for the forum to have an independent Chairperson and 21 ordinary members, to include the Chief Executive of Dublin City Council or his nominee, 4 elected members of Dublin City Council, 5 members from groups involved in community development in the area, 5 members from groups representing the business community, 5 members from public authorities with a remit in Docklands and 1 member representing the educational sector.
I recently appointed the following members to the Forum:
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DDDA Dissolution Act |
Name of Body. |
Member |
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Section 39 (2) Chair |
n/a |
Mr. Michael Stubbs. |
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Section 39 (6) (a). CEO of DCC. |
Dublin City Council |
Mr. Owen Keegan. |
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Section 39 (6) (b) Elected members |
Dublin City Council |
Councillor Christy Burke. Councillor Claire Byrne. Councillor Dermot Lacey. Councillor Gaye Fagan. |
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Section 39 (4) (a)- Community |
H.O.P.E Hands Peer Education |
Irene Crawley |
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Co-operative Housing Ireland (Society) Ltd |
Ms. Catherine O’Brien. |
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Grand Canal Dock Residents Association |
Mr.Michael Ingle. |
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St. Andrews Resource Centre |
Dolores Wilson |
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North Wall Community Association |
Gerry Fay |
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Section 39 (4) (b)- Business |
Docklands SME & Start-up Partnership |
Owen O’Reilly |
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Docklands Hospitality and Entertainment Venue Association |
Charlie Sheil. |
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Docklands Business Forum |
Alan Robinson |
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Trinity College Dublin |
Dr Mary Lee-Rhodes |
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Dublin Docklands Culture Forum |
Vincent Mc Cabe. |
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Section 39 (4) (c)-Educational |
National College of Ireland |
Ms. Gina Quin. |
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Section 39 (4) (d)- Public Authorities |
Dublin Port Company |
Eamonn O’Reilly |
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Waterways Ireland |
Ms. Terre Duffy |
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The Central Bank |
Mr. Paul Molumby |
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Iarnród Éireann |
Mr. Frank Masterson |
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Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
Mr.Martin Colreavy |
The first meeting of the Forum will be convened shortly by the Chair and at which point the work-plan will be decided by the Forum.
