Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In Donegal there was a very strong lobby from the community sector opposing this, and I made the point that the community sector is so strong. In Donegal alone, there are hundreds and hundreds of organisations that were being affected by this. Even in terms of bottom-up development and participative democracy, it was a major issue. I conveyed to them that they have considerable influence based on the scale of the membership.

Ms McCarthy's organisation would have made representations to the previous Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Commissioner Phil Hogan, and then to the current Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly. Where is that at? Some local authorities apparently agreed not to tender but perhaps I am wrong about that----