Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I refer to an issue that goes back a couple years and still exists. One of the officials in the building section of the Department was going back between education and training boards, ETBs, and the schools themselves. This is kind of a doubling up and duplication. Take, for example, the summer works scheme and the emergency works scheme, where the Department goes directly back to the school and the ETB itself might have applied for the grant.

In that instance would it not be smoother, and involve less duplication, if all of the correspondence and work would be done between the building unit and the ETB itself instead of going back to the individual schools? A school would contact me to tell me that the project was not what had been applied for so then I would have to approach the ETB to see exactly what was applied for and I hope that Mr. Loftus understands what I am saying. Can anything be done to reduce duplication? Can something be done to smooth the process and ensure there is direct contact? Would direct contact create an issue with the IT system or some other unit?