Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to continue. On the outsourcing and all of the controversy about it, have we got value for money? I refer to what has happened and the outcry over it. We outsourced laboratory testing to America. I wonder what would have happened if the service had been available in Ireland or across the water in in England instead of us having to go to America. Have we done comparisons? Why did we outsource this service to America instead of keeping it at home? Has any cost-benefit analysis been done as to why it was outsourced to America? If so, are we getting value for money? Could this service have been provided in Ireland? I am told a laboratory in Cork could have done much of the testing.