Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour)
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Question 501: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any plans to abolish the Dublin Docklands Development Authority and incorporate its functions into Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22608/11]

Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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The Dublin Docklands Development Authority was established both to secure the social and economic regeneration of the Dublin Docklands area on a sustainable basis and to secure improvements in its physical environment.

Since its establishment in 1997, the Authority has overseen the urban regeneration of the Dublin Docklands area into a vibrant city quarter, realising considerable achievements in delivery on its statutory mandate, such as attracting private and public investment, growing numbers employed in the area, delivering quality commercial space, facilitating thousands of new residential units and ensuring considerable social and community improvements.

In the context of the ongoing Comprehensive Review of Expenditure, the position of all State agencies under my Department's remit, including the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, is being examined as part of the Government's commitment to securing the savings and efficiencies necessary to restore balance to the public finances.