Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Can we compile further information about the actual situation? Some 48 boats is a lot of boats. What sort of work was conducted on those boats? Why did Howth have to bring in all that skilled work from outside? It was suggested that other boats were not being catered for in Howth and had to go to other areas to be repaired. I refer to the information in appendix B about the various sites and the stages of work, which shows that there are three properties in Howth which are ready to be considered for tender. Have we any idea of the timescale? I refer to table No. 2 which shows that five properties in Howth not currently in use are subject to legal, operational or planning considerations. I suggest that we request a breakdown of the category of consideration, whether legal, operational or planning and the nature of the difficulty. Such further material would be very useful before we make recommendations as to how to move forward.