Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

We certainly have found difficulties regarding procurement in other colleges. The Deputy may recall that when the National College of Art and Design appeared before the committee, what we found there was almost complete non-competitive tendering for services and goods. However, there have been other colleges over the years to whose attention we have been drawing in management letters the fact they were not compliant. We also have drawn attention in the audit opinion where a significant level of procurement is not tendered competitively.