Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There will be considerable interaction by local authorities with elected representatives and others. Sometimes when local authorities run projects, they look after those pieces of work that suit themselves and in some cases suit individuals. The biggest problem we have always had with project funding is that those with capacity are those that receive. That is understandable in some cases, but it can lead to some of the problems the Minister mentioned earlier of ensuring the money gets to where we want it to go. Irrespective of the rights and wrongs of the themes that have been chosen, we need to ensure that worthwhile projects are put in place. What involvement does the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform have an overseeing this? I understand that it cannot micromanage every individual project and interaction at a local authority level.