Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

I move amendment No. 55:

In page 14, between lines 48 and 49, to insert the following:

"(a) one person nominated from Dublin Inner City Partnership,

(b) one person nominated from the North West Inner City Network,

(c) two persons representing local residents,

(d) one elected public representative being a member of Dublin City Council, nominated by Dublin City Council and who was elected as a member of Dublin City Council from the Grangegorman neighbourhood,

(e) one representative of trade unions/social partners whose members work within the DIT,".

I will not pursue amendment No. 71, which lists the parts of Grangegorman in which local residents live, because the Minister clarified the matter by tabling an amendment and providing a map. The amendments before the House relate to the membership of the proposed Grangegorman development agency. Amendment No. 55 seeks to broaden its membership. I acknowledge that the Minister has successfully addressed some of our concerns about ensuring that residents are represented on the agency. She has provided that an elected member of Dublin City Council and a representative of the city manager will be on the agency. I will withdraw amendment No. 59 because that issue has been addressed.

I am concerned that the local area should have wider representation. It is important that residents and community development organisations such as the Dublin Inner City Partnership and the North West Inner City Network, both of which are doing excellent work in the Grangegorman area, are represented on the agency. I will pursue amendment No. 55 on that basis.

Amendment No. 62 seeks to ensure that residents of the Grangegorman neighbourhood will nominate candidates for membership of the agency, rather than that they are selected by the city manager or anybody else. All the amendments before the House relate to the representation of local interests on the agency. We need to ensure that public representatives, local residents and representatives of the agencies working in the locality adequately represent such interests.

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