Mr. Dónall Ó Cualáin:

Yes. What we have learned - Mr. Liam Kidd can confirm this - is that it was the perceived wisdom at that juncture that it would be better to go for one major supplier as distinct from breaking it up. That sets the scene for how the contract was developed and given out. That contract was extendable and it was extended. Mr. Kelly has agreed that the contract was within the proper timeframes up until 2014. Between 2009 and 2014 that contract was valid. There was a period in 2015 when it was out of date. Mr. Kidd can explain that at that time the skill resources were not available internally to An Garda Síochána to develop a new contract. With the governance arrangements in place it was deemed appropriate that that would continue. In January 2016, I took over the responsibilities of the chief administrative officer for a number of months in the absence and retirement of the previous chief administrative officer before Mr. Nugent arrived in August. One of the first things I did was to set that process in train to ensure that a new set of contracts would issue. That started in January 2016.