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Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: A whole range of questions have been asked. Some of them are general relating to the procurement process between the Department and local authorities, and others were specific. Perhaps the officials from the Department might answer first.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I apologise for interrupting but could the witness put a timeframe on that process? I am not being in any way critical of the steps. We are listening to people explaining the difficulty in the process so what would that take in time? I know this is a new system so the question is how long did the old nine-step process take?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: There is a whole committee waiting for this answer.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Ms Neary could give an average.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Does Mr. Cummins wish to comment on this as well?

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Mr. Cummins wants to come in on this point.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Deputy Durkan, please-----

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I will come to the Deputy in a moment.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I will come to the Deputy in a moment.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Deputy, please allow Mr. Cummins to finish.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I ask Deputy Durkan not to move for one moment as I want to clarify one point. It is not "we" or "them". This committee collectively during the next two weeks will make our recommendations. We will formulate a report based on the evidence. That is the purpose of the witnesses appearing before us today. The Deputy does not have to ask me what to do. We collectively as a committee will...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Members will make up their own minds in due course based on the evidence they have heard as to what those recommendations might be. I ask Mr. Eugene Cummins to bear with me for a moment. A number of members have raised questions. The Department has had an opportunity to respond to some of them. Mr. Cummins is in possession. I would also like the four Dublin local authorities represented...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: Actually Deputy O'Sullivan is the last.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I call Deputy O'Sullivan.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I ask the Deputy to proceed.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I thank the Deputy. I shall return to Mr. Cummins. Deputy O'Sullivan asked a number of specific questions on Part V. I am not sure whether each local authority will respond or whether the Department has centralised figures on what is going on.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: If the witness does not mind I will bring in Deputy O'Dowd here. Please be brief, Deputy.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: While he is answering on that point, Mr. Cummins also raised the specific point that the council is subject to audit control and so forth. That made me think about local government with its local government auditor and the Department being subject to the Comptroller and Auditor General. Is it an issue that both have to satisfy two different comptrollers and is that adding to the...

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: I need to get a number of other replies.

Committee on Housing and Homelessness: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the County and City Management Association (2 Jun 2016)

John Curran: He can deal with Dublin City Council specifically and I will then ask the others to follow up in respect of their local authorities.