Mr. Michael Culhane:

In terms of the 94 instances, Accenture was in there for €14.5 million which accounted for 53% of the total €27 million. There are other cases like medical services which were mentioned in the document. There are 21 instances of medical services amounting to just over €2 million. When the skills resources contract is in place later this year, that will solve that particular problem and account for at least 50% of the current 40/02 return. When we have the contract in place for medical services, that will account for over €2 million. In 2018, we will see a substantial reduction in the 40/02 return because we will have those contracts in place.

There were other instances which were for less than €25,000. Anything in excess of €135,000, in accordance with EU directives, has to be advertised through the Official Journal of the European Union. Less than that, we would use the eTenders platform for public procurement procedures.