Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

I think the education sector might crop up more than others. The Deputy will see that there is quite a batch of general semi-State bodies on this list as well. It does come up occasionally but it is less common than it is in the education sector. Having said that, previous committees did have a very strong focus on non-compliant procurement. My sense is that the quantum is becoming lower and there are fewer bodies. Maybe three or four years ago, this list was worse on the education side. There is a slight improvement there.

An area where there is perhaps more of a systemic problem is the health sector bodies.