Joe O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I assure the Deputy that is not what it is about. It is about making funding lines and application processes fit with what we want to achieve. The report has been published and it is not about streamlining or reduction of services. It is about putting a shape on a variety of organisations that were thrown into the pot to ensure they were funded.

Deputy Ó Cuív will probably be glad to know that I have delegated certain functions in the Department and one of those relates is overseeing community employment schemes. I take his suggestion on board and I will go back to the officials in the Department to see what we can do with community employment workers and the community services programme to see if there is something we can look at. I will not even venture to an answer right now but I am in a good position.