Mr. Maurice Buckley:

Yes. There are three ways to do this type of work, one of which is the historical way of a direct labour force. In the past, the OPW would have had a very large direct labour force but that has been wound down to about 150 people who look after historic buildings, as was noted. The two alternatives would be individual procurement under the public works contract of individual projects for all these works, particularly those over €500,000, versus a framework contract like the measured term. The contract was correct; it is just that it was used more often than it should have been.