Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 205: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a student representative from Dublin Institute of Technology will be added to the board of the Grangegorman Development Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16706/06]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 211: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if she will consider appointing representatives from the DIT Students' Union to the Grangegorman Development Agency. [16712/06]

Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 223: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the reason her Department has allegedly formed the Grangegorman Development Agency without even consulting the largest stakeholder, that is, the Dublin Institute of Technology students' union; and if she will ensure that this student body will have representation on the agency in question. [16812/06]

Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 225: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if the Dublin Institute of Technology students union will be included on the Grangegorman Development Agency; and if she will consult with them on this matter. [16820/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 205, 211, 223 and 225 together.

I recently announced the appointment of Mr. John Fitzgerald, City Manager, Dublin City Council as Chairman of the Grangegorman Development Agency and I am now actively considering the other appointments to the Agency. In addition, I have recently written to the Minister for Health and Children, the Dublin Institute of Technology and the Dublin City Council requesting their nominations for consideration under Section 17 of the Act.

The Deputies will be interested to know that Section 22 of the Grangegorman Development Agency Act 2005 provides for the establishment, by the Agency, of a consultative group that is representative of all stakeholders interested in the development of the Grangegorman Site. I am pleased to advise the Deputies that the student body of the Dublin Institute of Technology is specified as a stakeholder under this section of the Act.