Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion

2:30 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

What I am getting at here is whether there might be any remaining funds which could be ring-fenced for social regeneration purposes within the docklands strategic development zone, SDZ. There have been some very good outcomes in the docklands in terms of social housing programmes and the educational programmes that were run through the schools. However, to operate a proper social regeneration programmes requires cash. My question is whether there might be a surplus following the wind-up of the authority which could be ring-fenced for this purpose were the pension liabilities not to fall to the authority itself. I assume most of the liability relates to younger people, as Mr. Crawley suggested, which means it will probably fall in ten years time or so.

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