Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Does Ms Graham not believe that the detailed knowledge possessed by local development companies led to an excellent service? Fermoy is 65 miles from me in Duhallow and Bantry is in the range of 100 plus miles away. Locally, co-ordinators have knowledge about those who need a service, for example, people with disabilities and the elderly. The system was working. I am yet to be satisfied that removing this efficient service from local development companies is anything but a retrograde step. It is "countyising" or nationalising a service that was meant to be operated at ground level.