Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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It is not just Mr. Culhane, but when different witnesses come before us we get that general information. We get information from the witnesses and from the Comptroller and Auditor General telling us about non-procurement. It is a duty, an obligation and a regulation, and then I get a general answer. I would like to know the steps involved. Has it been reduced? What is the target for next year? That is all the members of this committee want to know because there are huge implications for non-compliance. It does not instill confidence in local businesses that the procurement rules can be relied on. There are huge implications in terms of trust, particularly from the Garda again, but it is not just the Garda; it is every organisation. I would expect that if we are all here next year, or whoever is here, this would have reduced significantly and that Mr. Culhane would be saying: "This is totally unacceptable. We cannot have this level of non-compliance and we will reduce it to the bare necessities in an emergency". That is the answer I would expect.