Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Yes, we visited six centres, three of which were hospitals and three of which were local health offices. They were Cork University Hospital, south Lee and north Lee local health offices, Galway local health office, Galway University Hospital and Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. We took a sample and examined how they arrived at a situation in which they were paying for goods and services. As the witnesses said, there was a variety of authorisation for putting contracts in place or procuring services.