James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I apologise but I must interrupt Dr. Quinn. She will be aware that I do not have the luxury of time.

In the context of the process relating to the restart grant, the Department's service level agreement with the local authorities provided for the review of the restart grant scheme when approvals across 31 local authorities reached more than €200 million. Approximately two months after its introduction, the scheme was replaced by the restart grant plus scheme. In terms of that process, why did it negate the requirement to complete a review from the Department's point of view? Dr. Quinn outlined that there were some teething problems and issues. She referred to tourism. I was going to use that example because there were many non-rate paying businesses there which were excluded that perhaps should have been given that support. In my view, their exclusion was a great shame. Many businesses fell by the wayside as a consequence. On the fact that the Department stated that the process negated the requirement to complete a review, would Dr. Quinn mind outlining to us why that happened? Does Dr. Quinn think that was proper practice, from an accounting point of view, in the context of the amount of public money involved?