Ms Deirdre McCarthy:

On the day of the meeting, which was the week of Easter, they had given us a link to fill in - a survey monkey type thing - to give our feedback and it was supposed to be back within three or four days, but it was the Easter bank holiday. The feedback from the people in the room was somewhat hostile to the set-up and we were given more time. It was very clearly articulated on that day by the participants that this was not a positive process. In the workshop sessions we were told that we were not allowed to discuss tendering. It was like a giant elephant in the room in that we were there to discuss the programme but we were not allowed to discuss it. I am not sure if we wrote to them specifically but I am absolutely positive that on the day they got very clear feedback that not only us but all the participants were really unhappy with how-----