Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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Mr. McKeon and I may differ on that. Does he accept that although the tendering process may be required, decisions on the number of lots, to move the service from a local employment service to a regional employment service or in respect of the terms of that contract, such as whether walk-ins will be permitted, are decisions of the Department? I do not wish to discuss the contract, but does Mr. McKeon agree that the conditions of any new contract are decisions of the Department and that, in directing it to have compliant procurement, the Comptroller and Auditor General is not instructing the Department in any way in respect of the issues I have mentioned, such as lot sizes, the number of lots and the conditions of the contracts?