James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)

Although I do not want to misquote him, I think Mr. Delaney said something extraordinary when he was being asked by Deputy Neville about the beneficial ownership of companies that the Department is contracting with, and how the Department knows there is no criminality involved. Mr. Delaney pointed him to the Companies Registration Office. He is hardly suggesting that a company having been registered with the Companies Registration Office is sufficient to satisfy the Department that a company, or people involved in a company, are not engaged in criminality. I presume additional due diligence is carried out when the Department is contracting with an entity responsible for providing accommodation services within the IPAS system.