Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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We have requested the chairperson of the Dublin Docklands Development authority to attend. According to yesterday's newspapers, one of the final acts of the authority before its imminent departure was to dispose of a valuable property on Hanover Quay for €450,000 to U2 without it being advertised publicly. In that context, it would be appropriate to have representatives of the authority before the committee. They are about to wind down. Dublin City Council will take over the STZ with NAMA. It is hardly appropriate that the authority should be disposing of property at this point in time in what seems to be a questionable manner for €450,000. This is an area where one would not purchase a semi-detached residence for that amount. Could we bring that meeting forward?