Shane Ross (Dublin South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The size of these companies could be material to finding out how all of this happened. Questions arise as to whether there was a personal relationship between any service provider and the person or entity availing of that service, as Deputy McDonald outlined. There is the question of whether companies which did not go in for a competitive tender should have been selected at all. One wonders whether they had a track record with the universities or more usually acted for other, more commercial, bodies, which is my understanding of the case.