Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 655: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the working group on the future of remediation of Haulbowline Island, County Cork, is being expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12759/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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As previously advised, the Government has decided that the Office of Public Works (OPW) will chair a working group to develop a structured and coherent approach to the further management and development of the site of the former steelworks on Haulbowline Island. The establishment and the timing of the convening of this group is entirely a matter for the OPW.

My Department has ongoing contact with OPW on the matter and wrote to the OPW on 9 February 2010 in regard to the terms of reference, recommending that a suitable mechanism be put in place for ongoing dialogue with local communities to ensure that the group can take account of their views in arriving at an overall approach.