Mr. Maurice Buckley:

I will do my best to be succinct. As the Deputy knows, we have a large number of flood risk projects of different shapes and sizes running in parallel. There is a series of value-for-money controls in those projects. First, we go through the procurement system twice. We do so once to build a design team with all the expertise needed for the particular project, which is a competitive process. We do so the second time when the project comes to construction. We go to tender to get the best construction contractors, the best price and the best quality for the State. During both of those phases we have project teams of experts who are involved in regular project meetings, usually on a monthly basis. They are also engaged in project oversight, credit controls-----