Ms Josephine Feehily:

I would leave it to the GRA to handle its own internal affairs in that regard. One of the pieces that is becoming evident in work that the authority has engaged a firm to undertake is that there is a culture around the expectation of performance rather than specifics. Finding a directive that says there is an expectation that a number of things would be done is difficult, but a culture of expectation seems to be something the firm is likely to identify when it reports to us. It may well be that the GRA representative will be saying something similar, but I think it would not be for the authority to get involved. I have already seen reports of some internal tension around the GRA's position on this, so perhaps it would be wiser to leave it with the GRA. That said, I still believe that if it can be evidenced, it is an enormously important piece of evidence and I would still invite the GRA, if it has such evidence, to present it.