Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Approximately 3% of the total expenditure, therefore, is covered by framework agreements, which sounds low. I may be generalising, but most people say framework agreements are the way to go because they enable us to achieve efficiencies of scale and leverage the State covenant, as Ms McGrath stated. We have discussed this issue with HSE officials also. However, only 3% of expenditure is covered by these instruments, which everybody says are the way to go. Is that figure not low?