Mr. Tony O'Brien:

Yes. I need to be clear. This is not the way I would have wished for it to proceed. When I looked back at it, I found that it was in compliance with the directives and that there were exemptions that could be availed of. There was a great deal of custom and practice in the HSE from the outset with which it was consistent but not the written regulations which the HSE had adopted. We now have a different procedure in place. Through open procurement, we have established panels. Some of this has been reported to the Committee of Public Accounts on previous occasions. If there is a requirement for short notice and urgent acquisition of investigative capability, there are pre-procured panels and processes by which that can be done. They mirror some of the processes in place for medical cases.