Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)
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I reiterate what everyone has said. The thrust of the letter we received indicating that the trust is not willing to come before us is totally unacceptable. We need to implore it to come before us. We are talking about a significant amount of public money. I agree with Deputy Neville that there is a wider issue with the public money put into housing bodies. The Peter McVerry Trust is the one in the spotlight at the moment but a significant amount of our expenditure is directed through housing bodies. We need to explore this further in respect of the Peter McVerry Trust but there is a wider issue we need to look at as well.