Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The amendment in Deputy Catherine Murphy's name refers to section 34 and mentions specific areas. However, I think a number of amendments are being discussed together. First, I acknowledge the docklands communities and the members thereof who served in the area, including the previous chief executives, Mr. Peter Coyne and Mr. Paul Maloney, who did amazing work representing their communities. Many of them were here when this committee launched its report. There was a strong and positive air around the committee's report that day but it seems that many of the recommendations of the committee are not being taken on board in this legislation.

I mentioned specific areas earlier. They are the historical docklands communities. I have read the section on the forum in the legislation which is a long section. It concerns representatives of people engaged in activities the area rather than people who are and have been living there all of their lives and have a particular contribution to make. There could be people on the forum from organisations which are engaged in the docklands but these individuals might only have been with the organisations in question for a year or two. They may have no real sense of what it is to live in the docklands community. As stated by Deputy Costello, social regeneration is important. This is a lot of anxiety within the docklands communities. Having put so much into the master plan, people fear their voices will now be lost. Will the Minister of State examine the issue to ensure those voices are not lost?