Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

Was it always envisage that this consultant would be included in the actual management of the scheme? Was this incorporated into it from the very beginning? I am not quibbling, but I wonder whether this was incorporated into the scheme. There is a real danger that if we have to get expertise we have to go outside the Department for various reasons in terms of staff numbers being reduced.

In terms of the management of the contract, was it always the intention to employ outside consultants?

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