Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have agreed what we are doing there.

We have reached the final item arising from the minutes. We will hold this one over. We also asked the Comptroller and Auditor General to give us a report on the compliance with public procurement. It became crystal clear at last week's meeting that when the Comptroller and Auditor General highlights €500,000 or €1 million of services. It follows on from the Deputy's question about the way the renewal of the Garda Síochána contract was rolled over without competitive tendering, as mentioned the last day. We asked the Comptroller and Auditor General as we had not seen that as referred to in the report.

On that procurement, the Comptroller and Auditor General explained that he only reviews it on a sample basis. What we see reported here each week in accounts is only a sample. There is a big issue to come return to there. The organisation will need to include, somewhere in its financial statement, the total relating to non-compliant procurement and not just the sample the Comptroller and Auditor General picks up. That is because the sample he picks up could sometimes reflect the full problem or it could be only a fraction of the problem. We will come back to that because we have spent enough time on the minutes. However, it is a big issue.