Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We know that they are just an arrangement. Not only did the Comptroller and Auditor General find a major problem that they were getting these payments, we now have a situation where it never went through procurement. If they were bona fide consultancy contracts, if one was hiring a consultant - and we have just heard about Deloitte, Clarion or the different companies that have been mentioned that all went through procurement to provide consultancy services - who made the decision that these consultancy contracts, which worked out at €189,000 for one person and €180,000 for another person, required no public procurement?