Mr. Michael Culhane:

There are proprietary items, for example, technology, where we purchase certain types of technology. For the maintenance of those systems, obviously we have to use those companies to maintain those systems. In that case, we would not necessarily undertake a procurement procedure because there is only one supplier for the system. There is a large range of other services, for example, the towing of cars involved in road traffic accidents. I mentioned medical services, which is an expenditure of over €2 million. That is now in place. We have worked with the Office of Government Procurement, OGP, and the Health Services Executive. It has put a contract in place, so that will address that in its entirety. There is an active programme to address these issues. It is in terms of resources, but also it is the nature of the items included. Some are proprietary, and they will continue to be priority. While we will address as many of the gaps as possible, there will continue to be proprietary items which will continue to feature in 40/02.