John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Separate to that, he might give us the exact figures for the Jeanie Johnston, which was the subject of a Comptroller and Auditor General’s report some years ago. I would like the Comptroller and Auditor General to let us know the extent of the State’s input into it. Regardless of how one views it, the ship costs the State a considerable sum of money every year. If it goes to Dublin City Council it will continue to cost, unless the council has a business plan. The taxpayer is picking up the bill. The Jeanie Johnstonhas found the perfect home in the DDDA, given the history of the DDDA. We now have to quantify this for the taxpayer and, as it stands, it is not acceptable. The longer this meeting and the other investigations go on the more we find out about the different elements that are losing money behind the bigger sums we are considering. Could we have all the information we have asked for and all the information on the Jeanie Johnston? If Dublin City Council has any idea for a business plan it might outline that to us. We would like to have that as soon as possible.