Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are two different scopes. In this case, if we were to work this through, the panel can seek the input of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage but the panel can make a call on whether it requires a specific expert. Within the operating guidelines there will be guidance given as to the kind of experts that the panel might be able to get. There are going to some technical transactions involved so the guidance will give them the ability to get an expert in and if that is somebody in housing then the panel will be eventually empowered to make that call. It might be a specific area of housing and it could be any number of scenarios.