Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I have just checked the e-tender on the Department's website and what the Department is actually tendering for, unless it is going to do a separate tendering process for a chair, is "qualitative research ... to inform the review of the operation of the ... Act". The e-tender states: "An appropriately skilled person or team is sought." Obviously, the Department could pay a lot of money for a research team or research company, but what are we talking about here? Are we talking about professional research or an independent chair? It is very confusing and it is unfair to ask us, who have worked really hard on the Act, repeal and everything since, to accept this.