Mr. David Moloney:

The point that we make when we say that we provide guidelines as opposed to taking responsibility for individual procurements or indeed, policing individual procurements, is related to capacity, approach, role and function. From the perspective of the OGP, the attempt is to strengthen procurement through pushing out appropriate guidelines and strengthening expertise. In terms of the policing or auditing of contracts, the Comptroller and Auditor General has responsibility for that. Indeed, as is clear from his opening statement, his office takes that responsibility very seriously and brings issues arising to the attention of the Accounting Officers, in terms of commentary on the appropriation accounts, and to the attention of the Committee of Public Accounts. In a sense, that oversight aspect is delivered in that way. In terms of systematic issues that come up and that need to be addressed in the context of the general public procurement guidelines and how they might be improved, we maintain an awareness of issues that arise and seek to strengthen and improve our guidelines as those issues come into view. Mr. Quinn may have more to add to that.