Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 15 June 2010, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2008 professional and consultancy fees incurred by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority by service type and by payment to each company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28180/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The information sought is not held in my Department. I am arranging for the request to be referred to the Dublin Docklands Development Authority for consideration and direct response.

Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 505: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the remit of the new Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency; if this will include operational activities; the proposed corporate status of the agency; its progress to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28200/10]

Michael Finneran (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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The main functions of the new Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency are, [a] within a shared service environment, to assist local authorities in the discharge of their functions under housing, planning and building control legislation, to facilitate, advise and assist housing authorities, approved housing bodies and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in the formulation and implementation of housing policy, [c] to carry out research and analysis, and to disseminate information to housing practitioners and the wider public, [d] to undertake such duties or such other services as are requested of it by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.