Ms Rosemarie Tobin:

I cannot speak to the processes at the time. I do not know. Over the last number of years, as the spend on homelessness has increased, we have increased our oversight and the amount of communication we get from the local authorities. In terms of the housing first tender today, the Housing Agency, which holds the housing first national office, was very much involved in that tender with the local authority. The way things are now, when a new service is being signed up, the Department would be told about and we would give approval. I do not think that was the situation at that time, however.