Mr. Niall Ó Donnchú:

Absolutely. To echo what the Comptroller and Auditor General has just said, the National Gallery is atypical in that it has its own Vote within the Minister’s Vote group. It has its own Accounting Officer and it has a board of governors. None the less, it is subject to the full rigour of public procurement procedures. Yes, we would expect the gallery to adhere to those in full. We would also expect, as a matter of course, that legal and other services would be subject to appropriate tendering processes.