Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It will not. I think I was told that in a reply to a parliamentary question. We see a duplication of spending. I do not think any of us is arguing that there should not have been a process. There was an issue of whether these were public goods or market goods. I think they were public goods because it was open source and so on. I do not know why that was not considered. I do not think any of us is married to this being something that can only be provided by one entity. It was well provided for by that entity. We know that from the level of usage. We need to find out about the CSO. We already know that there is money and that there is no point in going after the Department of Rural and Community Development, because we know what it has spent. It would be useful to know what the scope of that is. That would be the only question worth asking. I think we have to send this to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to address the issues that have been disputed. A number of issues have been disputed. Deputy Hourigan and the Chair referred to issues. The Minister made some remarks and we were provided with a document on communications. It is about where the Department will get information that allows it to make good decisions in the absence of this. It would be worth asking the Department where the comparable information will be made available. There are many questions. We can ask some in parliamentary questions.