Mr. Sean Angland:

The building in Smithfield is, as are all our buildings, in the portfolio of the Office of Public Works, OPW. The lease is in the name of the OPW which has taken it out on our behalf. The building was procured in the earlier part of 2008. It was acquired and the rent was agreed before the dip in the market.

As regards all the other services, they have been procured under Office of Government Procurement, OGP, frameworks. They represent value for money in the sense that they are completely in line with national frameworks and contracts which have been negotiated with the buying power of the OGP.