Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)

The Minister stated that he had to get the Attorney General to have a look at them. Nevertheless, it seems a considerable period of time has elapsed and I now seek a date for their publication.

It is inevitable that in the case of reports of such importance some of their contents will be eventually leaked to the media. In those leaked reports there were serious allegations that State money was recklessly squandered by the docklands development authority in the purchase of the Irish Glass Bottle site which took place at the height of the boom in January 2007 and that a proper evaluation of the site was not conducted.

There were equally serious — perhaps even more serious — allegations that a significant number of projects granted planning permission by the docklands development authority may well be flawed and subject to legal challenge, as has already happened successfully in one case.

I have further issues that may or may not have been addressed in the reports. I am particularly concerned about the failure of the docklands development authority to address its mission statement, which was to provide 20% social housing on the docklands. In all, 811 units were granted planning permission but only 300 plus were built, and there were only 37 built on the northside. We have been told lies by the docklands development authority about, for example——

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