Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure whether I accept what Ms McGrath has said about going into abeyance. The steering group - the top interdepartmental group - should have met. Some of the groups had no terms of reference. Those were only introduced when the Government suddenly decided to reconvene the groups in 2015. Notwithstanding the good work being done on the ground, there was an absence of terms of reference and governance. This affects public confidence. The groups should have functioned but did not.

Is it correct that there was no service level agreement with the local authorities? Work and money was handed over to two local authorities without that agreement.