Mr. Tony O'Brien:

We would have to come back to that issue. Procurement is a highly litigious environment, which is why we are quite careful about how we do it. In this instance, for these agencies, this is about bringing them within the scope of our procurement activity, providing them with training and support and enabling them to leverage contracts that we are putting in place. As the committee already knows, the HSE itself has difficulties in these areas. Many of these small organisations would not have the capacity to carry out public procurement to the standards that we would require so we are seeking to bring them within the scope of what we do ourselves. As to how many cases there have been with failed bidders, I do not have that information but we can get it for the Deputy.