Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

In its letter the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government states in response to question 8:

The programmes [sic] three high level goals are reflective of its aim. The priority will be to focus on ensuring that the needs of the most disadvantaged communities are protected, that ancillary costs are minimised and that disadvantaged communities will benefit from a more focused programme and better integrated actions.

If the Department were present, that is what it would say. It is not the destruction of the witnesses’ work. What do the witnesses say to that?