David Cullinane (Sinn Fein)

Just a quick question to ask the Minister to tease out for me what exactly this section provides for. This is a brief section and as far as I understand, it seems to provide for the contracting out of inspections. I am concerned by that because the inspection regime was introduced to deal with some unsavoury incidents. I would be concerned by a contracting out of the sector. We could take the NCT sector as an example. A recent "Prime Time Investigates" programme demonstrated how some people could, effectively, buy their NCT certificate. Therefore, there are issues with regard to the robust enforcement of these areas. I hope there is sufficient robustness in the system provided for in this legislation to allow for this. Does the section allow for the contracting out of inspections?