Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

General Scheme of Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill 2014: Discussion

3:55 pm

Photo of Kevin HumphreysKevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I thank the witnesses for attending the meeting this evening. The committee intends to develop a report on this issue and perhaps the witnesses will review the evidence given by a number of bodies over the two or three days we have met. I ask them to remember that there is a thriving community in the docklands area and although we are dissolving the DDDA, we must ensure that the community can be developed and allowed to blossom by getting an opportunity to participate in the economic recovery. Any Bill must have the critical element of ensuring the indigenous community can share in the economic gains in the docklands area. There have been some successes but we can go much further.