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Dublin waterfront visit
01/12/2003
Scotland's Communities Ministers will be inDublintoday to look at the Irish capital's ambitious waterfront regeneration project and to discuss planning issues with their Dail counterparts.
Margaret Curran and her Deputy Mary Mulligan are to visit the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, where they will hear about and see evidence of major regeneration projects in the fastest growing area inIreland.
The Ministers will also visit the Ballymun area of the city, a 1960s housing development which is undergoing comprehensive regeneration, and An Bord Pleanala, the Irish equivalent of the Scottish Executive Inquiry Reporters Unit. The day will conclude with attendance at a St Andrew's Day Reception for a visiting Scottish Trade Delegation.
Speaking ahead of the visit, Margaret Curran said:
"I have been told that the ambitious and on-going regeneration of the waterfront inDublinhas been a success so far. I am keen to explore with the Dublin Docklands authorities and my Irish Ministerial counterparts what has contributed to this progress, and the lessons the Executive can learn for potential regeneration projects in Scotland, including the Clyde Waterfront.
"I am also looking to explore to what extent theDublinwaterfront regeneration has had a beneficial impact on the local communities, and if so, just how this was achieved.
We are looking at new delivery models for regeneration inScotland, and I hope to use this intensive fact-finding visit to explore the broader approaches that have been adopted for regeneratingDublinin recent years.
I look forward to sharing the experiences of this visit with Ministerial colleagues who have a policy interest in regeneration and enterprise."