Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)

I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for the presentation so far. I will make a general observation on the consistent noting of a material level of non-compliance. When I looked into the detail on some of the ETBs specifically, I started to understand why, for some of the goods and services, it might not be possible to get a contract. Does Mr. McCarthy have an overall opinion on that, considering it is so consistent in some ETBs that it appears to be a trend? It seems that a material level of non-compliance is almost going to be ever-present. Is that a fair assumption to make, based on the types of goods and services some ETBs engage with regularly?