Mr. Brendan Ryan:

I want the Deputy to know that we now have a procurement network within the organisation. We do quarterly vendor reports. We have early warning mechanisms in place so that 12 to 18 months before a contract is due for renewal the people responsible for procurement are informed, and they have to keep the senior management team informed of where they are in the procurement process. There is a lot of procurement training. We had a big training seminar for staff in September. Mr. Quigley's director takes personal responsibility for those; it is being co-ordinated.