Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

I will be brief. The Minister's response deserves another response. The Chair will realise that over the past three and a half years the Minister has presided over the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, DDDA. I am sure he is delighted with the work that has been carried out by the authority and that this work covers the Department in great glory. I am surprised he has not listed the authority among the organisations he wishes to abandon, in view of the fact that the work is largely completed, with the exception of one or two sites that are now effectively derelict or in NAMA. Will the Minister concede that there are several agencies like the DDDA that will yield considerable savings that could be brought back into the Department or agencies like the Temple Bar Cultural Trust that could be brought under the umbrella of the Dublin City Council? Will he agree he could be more decisive with regard to the number of agencies he could examine with a view to terminating their existence in the interest of getting better value for money, greater accountability and more streamlined delivery of services for citizens?

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