Mr. Niall Kelly:

There are numerous reasons for it. Sometimes it is complexity and sometimes it is an issue which necessitates us going through the Office of Government Procurement, and there can be delays at that stage. There are a variety of reasons that procurements cannot be put in place. The legislation is complex and it is exacting. It originally comes from European legislation that was brought into Irish law by statutory instrument.

There are a lot of complex requirements that have to be observed to be compliant.