Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The annual report of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority will be published tomorrow and will be dealt with by the chairman then. The authority is a commercial semi-State body, financed entirely from its own resources, generated through the acquisition, development and sale of assets in the docklands. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has a general oversight role, ensuring that the authority complies with its statutory requirements and that it continues to fulfil its roll in revitalising, regenerating the docklands area. The authority will issue its report tomorrow. It will be dealt with by that authority, which is a commercial semi-State body.

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