Ms Edel McGinley:

The approach of the Department is playing out in public in the manifestation of the process in respect of how the Department is doing its work, the whole engagement strategy and the accommodation strategy. For almost a year, we have been calling for central co-ordination and for somebody to take the lead. That call has fallen on deaf ears in Government circles, across the Government and in the Taoiseach's office. It is exceptionally frustrating because we can see the manifestation of the lack of co-ordination and the lack of an emergency approach that has been taken in respect of this issue by the Government and the Department of the Taoiseach. It is incumbent on this committee to push for a whole-of-government approach, to support this Minister in the delivery of that approach and to push it forward. As Mr. Henderson said, nobody is coming forward and that is creating huge problems. We need a different approach now. That needs to be pushed at this point.