Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

The Minister certainly was not given good advice if the letter to which Deputy Tuffy and I referred is an indication. Now he tells us he has received different advice. We are not making this up as we go along; we have been consistent on this issue.

Will the Minister indicate whether he received a response to his Department's letter in August 2009 to Professor Niamh Brennan, chairperson of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, on corporate governance matters and board matters? That response was to be received in October 2009 - if it was received, what was its import? When will the Minister publish the Moylan report? Has he sought a report at any stage from the departmental representative on the board of the DDDA about what was going on there? What is the estimated taxpayers' liability arising from this irresponsible mess and the decisions that were made over the years?

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