Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am looking at a vast budget on one hand and a particular hospital on the other. They do not match and there are serious problems in this regard. I will park that for a moment and consider other serious issues.

There is an ongoing serious problem with procurement. The Comptroller and Auditor General has picked several samples. He cited five locations. In the five locations he examined, 45% of procurement projects have not been complied with. The amount relating to these projects is €30 million. The figure has gone up from the previous year and the situation has become worse. The Comptroller and Auditor General only looked at five locations. Why is this an ongoing problem? Why has it got worse? The Comptroller and Auditor General only picked a sample. If he were to look at more, would the problem be worse?