John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

I have a report to hand indicating that Department of housing officials raised concerns about this issue as far back as March and there were attempts to communicate with Mr. Moloney's Department. It states that the officials "repeatedly sought" a meeting on the project with housing officials, later "requesting discussions as soon as possible" as a decision was due to be made on the future of the homes by May. The Department of housing officials were seeking a meeting with officials from the Department of public expenditure, with the issue being flagged as far back as March. The report further states: "In one email, housing officials sought an urgent meeting with the Department of public expenditure and reform about the project and it was deemed as urgent." There was a sense of urgency and, it seems, repeated requests for meetings to be held with Mr. Moloney's Department. That is concerning to me given the evidence we have heard at this committee, which is in the public domain, that the developers were ready to go on site within a week of the decision being taken on 3 June to collapse the bundle. These attempts by Department of housing officials to engage with the Department of public expenditure seemingly were going on in the background. Will Mr. Moloney enlighten us in this regard?