Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I started off my comments by saying Mr. McCarthy has the most difficult job in Ireland at the moment. I appreciate that. What I am getting from him is that there are some sort of criteria. This may not be the Department's fault, as it happened so quickly, but there has been some secrecy about the system or perhaps not enough communication. It is probably a resource issue. I want to be clear. Councillors and officials in local authorities on the ground know more or less what works. If there are some basic criteria, as Mr. McCarthy has outlined, when somebody comes with a location like the one I just mentioned in Puckaun, would the Department then consult with the local authority before signing a contract?