Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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684. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders Group is set up as a company under the Companies Acts; if he has consented to Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company contributing an initial €750,000, in addition to consenting to the company being a party to a loan application of €7.9 million to the European Investment Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25929/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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​The Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders Group is made up of Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown Business Improvement District Company. I am not aware of the Group's status under Company law: that is a matter for the Group.

Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company has not applied for Ministerial consent in respect of the Cruise Stakeholders Group and, from the information available to me, its involvement in the Group to date does not require any such consent.

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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685. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders' Group's proposals regarding funding for its cruise line berth and in the event of the private sector-Dún Laoghaire Business Improvement District not being able to raise the initial contribution request of €750,000, or being able to afford its portion of the loan of €7.9 million to be borrowed over 40 years, if he has consented to Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company taking on this responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25930/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, the Harbours Acts require State commercial port companies to seek Ministerial consent in relation to certain specific activities, including the establishment of any subsidiary company, certain investments in undertakings (other than a subsidiary) that are greater than €1.27 million, and borrowings.

Additionally the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies requires Ministerial consent for any 'action which would extend or change significantly the nature, scope or scale of activities in which it....engages' and also where any joint venture is proposed.

If at some future point Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company's involvement in the Dún Laoghaire Cruise Stakeholders Group falls under any of the statutory requirements outlined, then the Company will be required to seek my consent and I will consider the issue at that time.