Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The HSE commissioned the report and drew from a procurement framework. It is important that senior people do this body of work. I heard the figure of €450,000 mentioned at the committee but that is at the upper end because I think the range is between €360,000 and €450,000 and is based on a daily rate payable to the company. It is a fixed figure, therefore, decided by a framework contract, as opposed to a sum of money arrived at by me.