Ms Sian Muldowney:

Twice in the Dáil, the Minister, Deputy Kelly has committed to meeting with the Dublin Inner City Community Co-operative, and that meeting still has not taken place. We have been lobbying for it. Some of the local community development committees throughout the country have taken a stance on funding cuts as a consequence of the programme. The Dublin Local Community Development Committee has written to the Minister about the funding cut in Dublin. We have been lobbying our public representatives throughout the inner city which is, I think, how Deputy Ó Snodaigh knows about many of the groups but we have had very little traction from the Department on it. The letter the committee received reflects a lot of what we have had in response to the issue. The bottom line is that there was advice from the Attorney General and there does not seem to be any shifting on that. As Ms McCarthy pointed out in her presentation, we would argue that they had already made a decision to go to tender. That decision had to have been made and that is why they sought advice on it. We are anxious to know where that decision was made and why.