Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The true cost arises if I advertise for somebody to contract to provide a particular service. The detail of that particular service is what the contract is going to entail, not in respect of some ancillary issues that might add costs afterwards. In respect of Government contracts, it is illegal to qualify a contract or to extend it beyond its original terms. My question still remains. This is a fundamental issue. If the contract is not properly set out by Government or the person advertising it or if it is not responded to properly by the organisations proposing to provide the contractual service, we have a problem and do not know where we are going.