Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)
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I will move on to the value for money elements that were touched on by Deputy Dillon. I specifically refer to the value for money process in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, particularly with regard to the value for money sought for the procurement of housing. Does Mr. Moloney believe that model is sufficiently broad to balance also the spending in the Department of Social Protection, for example, on the procurement of housing through schemes such as the housing assistance payment, HAP? Sometimes there is too narrow a focus on value for money in the procurement of a particular unit or set of units and account is not taken of the broader value for money in terms of it not having to be spent by another Department.