Ms Mary Hurley:

We do not engage directly or get assurance that the elected members have made a decision. One would hope that where significant applications are coming in from local authority areas, there is a relationship at local level that includes that elected members. Part of the criteria around most, if not all, of our schemes is that there is direct community engagement so projects feed up through the communities. There should be engagement on the ground. However, I take the Deputy's point. It is something I can certainly take back and discuss with my colleagues in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.