Paul Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Moloney has mentioned the five-yearly review the IFFPG has with the Department. The group is licensed by the Department and the approval of that licence is renewed every five years. Is it a formality or is it an advertised, open tender. Could I decide I wanted to take on the role and submit a tender or is it a formality whereby the group and the Department sit down informally, or whatever, every five years and go through the contract? Is there a guaranteed roll-over or is there a competitive side to it? Can anybody else come in and apply for that licence?

With that in mind, and given the IFFPG was established in 1998 and, it has had four renewals of its licence. What changes were made to the licence as a result of any of those four reviews over the past 23 years?