Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 566: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs in the context of the appointment of an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, his role in the approval given on 24 October 2006 by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, for borrowing by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority up to the statutory limit of €127 million under Section 30 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997, and for the taking by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority of a shareholding in a joint venture company, in accordance with Section 6 of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, to purchase one site, (details supplied); the advice he received from his appointee on the Council of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority in relation to this transaction; the role and functions of his appointee to the Council of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the frequency with which he is consulted by his appointee in relation to the ongoing deliberations of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority; the nature of such consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39399/10]

Pat Carey (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I am advised that the Council of the Authority has no role in the matter referred to by the Deputy.

An officer of my Department is appointed to the Council by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government in accordance with the provisions of section 16 of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority Act 1997, and acts in that capacity in accordance with the provisions of section 20 of the Act and other relevant provisions. The officer presently appointed to the Council has, inter alia, oversight responsibility in my Department for Waterways Ireland, a North/South Implementation Body with significant interests in the docklands area (e.g. the Grand Canal and Spencer Docks).