Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

The Minister of State has given a very comprehensive reply. Is he, or his Department, aware of the active role the Dublin Docklands Development Authority has played in promoting perhaps the only State integrated active citizenship programme? Would he consider requesting the Dublin Docklands Authority to nominate a person to participate in the group, otherwise he runs the risk of reinventing the wheel? To my knowledge, there is no other organisation which has such an integrated and comprehensive knowledge of active citizenship. I strongly recommend that the Minister of State looks at the work it does and perhaps requests one of its people to join the group. The director responsible for social regeneration is Mr. Gerry Kelly. He could save the group much time by sharing his experience.

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