Mr. Paul Clegg:

As I said in my opening statement in respect of the potential relating to the undeveloped lands, some 23,000 jobs could be created. Just over 50 acres remain to be developed, and that is why we put in place the strategic development zone, SDZ. We also have a fast-track planning process in place. As I pointed out earlier, the first planning permission was granted by Dublin City Council on Friday last. When one is going to create 23,000 jobs, the trick is how to ensure local employment. We are going to include a clause in our planning permissions to encourage contractors and developers to work with the city council in order to ensure that we will maximise opportunities for local people. As we all know, however, this is not enforceable contractually.

The Deputy referred to the local labour charter, which has been taken on board in the context of the Grangegorman strategic development zone. The Dublin City Council office in the docklands is seeking to upgrade that local charter.

More importantly, we have engaged quite effectively with the local employment services in Amiens Street and Pearse Street. We are trying to identify the industries that are coming to the Docklands so that if we know that in two or three years a particular industry will come, the local employment service can contact this industry with a view to establishing its employment needs. If those employment needs can be catered for within the local employment service's records, good, but if not there is an opportunity to train people. The local employment services are quite excited about this. There is an opportunity here to get real, local jobs. The people to use this are the local employment services. They are the State bodies. They are the experts. We are working very closely with them right from the start. I am optimistic about this, but local employment charters are not enforceable. There is real potential if there is close work between us, developers - NAMA is interested in this - and the local employment services to get real local jobs.