Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to return to No. 2527, which is one that the Chair called out. It is a relatively small one at €48,000. It is about four or five from the bottom and it states:

A competitive tender process through eTenders - [you need a magnifying glass to read this] - was carried out in ... 2023 to fill this role. This competition was unsuccessful and did not result in us entering into a new contract without a competitive process. The contract has now expired...

They contracted on a temporary basis. I wonder about when they cannot use something. That relates to a GIS system that is predicting school numbers, for example, or that is one of the purposes it is used for. If that was not in place, would that have an impact then on predicting, for example, adequate school places?