Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On that point of the Minister of State being obliged to engage with his colleague, I do not seek to have the civil servants transferred to another Department. However, this should all be under the local government remit and should all be considered as a whole, rather than within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. At this stage, I consider it to be an oddity that it is under the remit of the Minister of State's Department. This should be under the aegis of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government, where one could look at the overall mix together.