Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

The membership includes Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council senior officials, residents' groups and representatives from other statutory bodies such as the HSE, the Department of Education and Science, the Garda Síochána, Dublin Bus and Iarnród Éireann.

The objectives of the forum include the provision of regular bus services, the construction and operation of a new train station, the provision of crèche facilities, the provision and financing of a primary school, the provision, financing and staffing of health centres, the provision of a Garda station, a needs assessment for secondary schools and the provision of sports and community facilities.

I understand agreement has already been reached on delivery of many of the above services, including the crèche facilities and identification of sites for a primary school, health centre and Garda station. The provision of regular bus services as soon as houses are occupied and the construction and operation of a train station have also been addressed.

The forum has established a security sub-committee to consider the anticipated policing problems of the north fringe development area and to make recommendations on the evolution of a policing plan for the development. I am confident that the north fringe development will be delivered in a way that integrates social and economic infrastructure and delivers sustainable communities for the future.

I note what the Deputy is saying. I am not totally au fait with everything that is going on there. However, if the forum is as toothless as the Deputy maintains-——

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