Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Friday, 18 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications

Concert Licensing: Dublin City Council

2:20 pm

Photo of John O'MahonyJohn O'Mahony (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Keegan. It might have been of assistance to us if his submission had been circulated to members in advance of the meeting. However, that is just a by the way.

I have a few questions for the delegates before giving members the floor. The following is stated on page 5 of Mr. Keegan's submission: "In any public consultation process, under legislation it is the actual content of the submissions made that is considered by the decision maker in helping to reach a decision". Does that apply even to fraudulent submissions? In other words, will the content of a submission be taken into account regardless of whether it is fraudulent or genuine?

Second, since the delegates were here on Tuesday several media outlets have reported that if efforts to have an uncontested judicial review were successful, it would be a resigning matter for Mr. Keegan. In fairness, Mr. Keegan has stated that Dublin City Council would contest any such review. Will he confirm whether these media reports are accurate?

My third question is to Mr. Keogan. He stated here on Tuesday that he has a property in the vicinity of Croke Park in which his son is currently living and that the latter did not make a submission to the council regarding the proposed concerts. Will Mr. Keogan indicate whether he has any other interests or property in the vicinity and if any other relatives of his made a submission?

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