Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not talking about relatives. The country is too small and everybody has a first cousin working somewhere. I am talking about situations where they might not have direct responsibility but they might have worked alongside the person in the health service who does have direct responsibility for 30 years and as no procurement process is being followed, therefore a company can be asked to do something on the basis that it is a good company. I know Mr. Mulvany is not able to answer the question and that there is no evidence to suggest wrongdoing but as part of the journey we are on, there will need to be a mechanism whereby that sort of thing would not be allowed or in circumstances where there is only one provider that it would have to be declared so that the arrangement would be above reproach and that there is value for money.