Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Senator Fitzpatrick that we want the officials rather than the Minister to attend some of these meetings. For example, regarding the approval process for the public spending code, the two lead officials from the two Departments should come in. It would be good to have the CCMA in because they can give us the overview of the local government sector. There has been a review of the four-stage approval process, which the former Minister, Deputy Coveney, completed, although it did not make any changes. It might be worthwhile circulating a copy of the review to members as well.