David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Tattan is from the Department that is rolling out the scheme, the summer provision programme, so he is entirely relevant. This is a submission to this committee. Mr. Tattan is before the committee as lead officer in the Department. This organisation is saying that when the Department published its guidelines, the parents felt blindsided. Therefore Mr. Tattan's opinion matters. They were either blindsided or they were not.