Mr. David Kelly:

Local authorities are independent organisations. They have responsibility for their own procurement. What we have done is we looked at a review to take into account the concerns raised by the sector and to look at the funding model. One of the issues we have looked at following the CCMA review, which we worked closely with the local authorities on, is that we would move to fully funding services. It is responding to the issues that the Deputy has raised in relation to the potential risk of relying on fundraising income.

I am sorry; I did not mean to mislead the Deputy. I was not aware of that specific correspondence but I am aware that the AHBs and the homeless NGOs have been looking towards a greater contribution towards overhead costs. Typically, this is the finance cost, fundraising and communications. One of the things that has come out of the CCMA review is that the Department will provide a 10% contribution towards an overhead cost on top of the direct service delivery. That is towards supporting the AHBs to function, meet their governance requirements and ensure they meet all regulatory standards as well.