Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes, but I am just saying, as Chairman of the committee, Deputy O'Dowd needs to have the Minister here.

The NTA had said in response to one Deputy that the Local Link offices are crucial in identifying local areas not covered and that the NTA could not identify those areas without the Local Link offices, that their knowledge is their local area involvement and that the NTA relies on them for their local knowledge. However, this contradicts the response Ms Graham gave me when I asked her why the NTA closed down more than half of the Local Link offices.