Chairman:

Yes. That is okay and agreed.

The next item we are dealing with is No. R0017 referred to by Deputy Carthy and correspondence received from Mr. Sean Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, dated 20 January providing information requested by the committee on the number of contracts that were non-compliant with procurement guidelines in 2018, the amounts for each and the reasons for the non-compliance.

Deputy Carthy has suggested that we request further information on the line item of media monitoring services, the reason the services are used and the information that is gathered.