Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is extraordinary. We are talking here about taxpayers' money. Taxpayers are watching this. An Garda Síochána, which polices this State and upholds its laws, conducted no tendering process and provided no justification for spending that amount of money. It conducted no internal analysis and there is no documentary evidence to support it. The Department of Justice and Equality is watching this. I thank Mr. Kelly, who has been very helpful.

Outside of national procurement rules, I presume on some occasions there was a breach of European procurement rules. I ask Mr. Kelly to tell me about that.