Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know that from working in community development for years myself. I think what Mr. McGuinness is trying to say is that flexibility is needed in the approach to be able to adapt directly to the needs of each community. The only way we can empower communities and build capacity within communities is to allow them to have that bit of flexibility. If Mr. McGuinness contrasts that to the problems that he experienced in trying to change the €2 million expenditure from capital to current expenditure, if he had gone out and bought something that was maybe not all that necessary, or that was certainly not a priority, but fitted under the capital heading, then that would have been okay. The question is if Mr. McGuinness believes huge sums of money are wasted because of restrictions on how money is spent and that maybe items - maybe even capital items - are purchased and that it is all coming from the taxpayers' public purse.