Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 March 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Dublin Docklands Development Authority: Annual Report and Financial Statements

10:00 am

Mr. Paul Clegg:

I think there is potential for it as a tourist attraction on the river. The aim is to break-even. The river suffers from lack of animation. The port is beyond the East Link. I was involved in the Tall Ships Race in 2012. Part of the strategy for the docklands is animation of the river. The city council decided not to take the Jeanie Johnstonoff the river and it will try to develop a sustainable tourism model into the future. CHQ is developing a diaspora centre. There is potential to increase tourist numbers going to the docklands which will have a positive spin-off effect on the numbers using the Jeanie Johnston. It is for the future.