Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

I appreciate this reply. Is it the view of the Minister of State that all the financial stakeholders in the 187 units, referred to by the Taoiseach, should be present and should participate in order to ensure that this unique and very difficult issue will be resolved? Does he believe the stakeholders who should be present should include the original developer?

The Minister of State referred to the homes being made fit for purpose for the people concerned, those now out of their homes. Has the Department taken any view in terms of having a cost-benefit analysis or an interaction with Dublin City Council to explore whether a re-build of the entire complex might be the best way forward and part of the resolution? Would the Minister of State envisage Dublin City Council having the key role in that?

As the Minister of State will be aware, at this time, and pursuant to a proposal by me, Dublin City Council is preparing a new local area plan for the whole north fringe district. This was to be a new area of Dublin, with a population perhaps the size of that of Waterford or Tralee. That plan is entering its final stages and is returning to the city council. The Priory Hall complex occupies a key location on the main boulevard, or street. Is it important that the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and Dublin City Council should interact and make the resolution of the Priory Hall issue part of the final local area plan for the district?

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