Albert Dolan (Galway East, Fianna Fail)

I do not think anyone here was trying to blame anybody in the Peter McVerry Trust or any other organisation. The Peter McVerry Trust will have to look in the mirror and be accountable for the decisions made in the organisation.

On the wider piece around responsibility and accountability, it was rightly suggested that responsibility does not just lie with the Minister. He is not approving schemes or out laying blocks. He is not building the houses. We have to look at accountability more widely in the Department. Where there are blockages, are those people being held accountable? If we have an issue with the ESB, the grid, Irish Water or planning, the individuals with those levels of responsibility need to be held to account more, either within the Department or in a forum like this. We can yield better results by letting those people know we want to hold them to the highest account and also want to celebrate them when they deliver more units and more housing and exceed targets.

I have two questions. The first is on public procurement. Does the Department maintain a contracts register, as other Departments do?