Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

We have the Comptroller and Auditor General and loads of mechanisms to make sure there is proper spending and budget allocation. We are all subject to internal audit and investigation. I will go back to the key point, however. When we are in the middle of new contract negotiations, there is a certain sensitivity around commercial arrangements to avoid distorting, in whatever way, a potential public tender. That is good practice.