Mr. Niall Kelly:

National and European rules are essentially the same. The rules were European initially and were transposed into Irish law through statutory instruments. Subsequent to this report, I audited the European internal security fund. If one makes a claim to Brussels under that fund, it must be audited. As a result of the findings of my earlier audit report, an amount of €1.6 million was deemed to be ineligible, out of a total spend of €2.7 million, because the procurement rules were not observed.