Mr. Alan Robinson:

We also said in our opening statement that we had a concern that when one looked at the docklands consultative forum as outlined in the heads of the Bill, it could be the doctrines of 1900 or the doctrines of 2014. It is very vague. It is important that some guidance be given to Dublin City Council in a number of areas. The Bill sets out that the four councillors to be appointed must be from wards within the docklands area in full or in part. It does not make the same stipulation for residents' groups and business people. It does not make the stipulation that a residents' group must be located in or have an interest in the docklands. It does not state that a business person must have a location or interest in the docklands. In consequence, the default box-ticking stakeholders will come in who are appointed from national or even city-wide groups and associations. As a result, while a senior person will attend the first meeting, a junior person will attend every meeting after that. Business representatives from certain organisations will just sit there with little knowledge of what is going on and what the interactions are about. It will be the same with residents' groups where they do not have a local interest. It is very important that a little more effort, thought and reflection goes into where these people are going to be coming from.