Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I agree with what the Chairman has asked for. It would be very helpful to us. The figure for Kerry was €1 million, we skipped over it. We are down to Galway and Roscommon and here we have almost €1 million. How do we put this into context?

It is awfully important for trust. Bringing it down to a practical level, it is important for local services and for businesses that there is trust in the procurement system. As politicians, we have people coming to us and telling us that they could not get in on something or they were not able to give their service there and it brings the institution into disrepute. That is what I am most concerned about, along with everyone being on an equal footing. What are the practical problems? I know that in the past, the HSE told us they were urgent applications and it could not go through the procurement, but that should be a tiny percentage. Is that correct?