Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That lady or gentleman is not any of the people I have been speaking to about their experience of it. If the Minister is getting legal advice from the Attorney General or Chief State Solicitor, I am sure they will tell her if a tender is put out then anyone can win and she cannot guarantee the outcome of it. They will tell her in any such process the outcome cannot be decided by the Department and cannot be decided by them either. It is all about the terms and conditions the Minister puts forward. Perhaps she will be able to put forward terms and conditions such that only community providers can win but I doubt it will be possible to do that legally.

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