C. The Contractor agrees that the Contractor's Personnel engaged by it in providing the Services shall remain in the employ of the Contractor and nothing herein shall constitute or establish a relationship of agency or employment between any of the Contracto r's Personnel and the Client. However, all the Contractor's Personnel shall, when working at the Client's premises, conform to the general working terms and conditions of the Client. D. The Contractor shall use its best endeavours to ensure the continuity of the Contractor's Personnel throughout the provision of the Services. E. The Client shall have the benefit of all representations, warranties and undertakings implied by law in relation to the Services. F. The Client may request the Contractor to remove from performance under the Contract any of the Contractor's Personnel, such right not to be unreasonably exercised.

########## 8. Personnel

A. The Contractor undertakes and acknowledges that it is responsible for ensuring that all key personnel, assigned by it to provide the Services shall be available for the term of this Agreement. In the event that any of the Key Personnel assigned by the Contractor to provide the Services under this Agreement become unable to provide the Services for whatever reason then, the Contractor acknowledges and undertakes that it shall immediately notify the Client in writing of the inability of any Key Personnel and replace that person with a person of equivalent experience and expertise ('Replacement Personnel'). The Contractor shall provide to the Client such details as the Client may reasonably require in writing regarding any Replacement Personnel. The Client shall have absolute discretion as to the suitability of any proposed Replacement Personnel. B. The Contractor shall comply with all applicable laws and labour standards in respect of the Contractor's Personnel and deal with any disciplinary, grievance or other employment issues referred to it by any member of the Contractor's Personnel or the Clien t, in accordance with proper policies and procedures at the Contractor's premises. C. The Contractor acknowledges and agrees that it is not intended that there should be transferred to the Client the obligations of any person as employer arising under any contract of employment, in consequence of, or in connection with, the entry by the parties into, or the performance by them of their obligations under, the Agreement, or the termination of the Agreement, or the transfer to the Client of any function to be performed by the Contractor under the Agreement. If, notwithstanding that intention, any such obligations are transferred to the Client by operation of law (whether pursuant to the European Communities (Protection of Employees' Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations, 2003 or otherwise), then the Contractor shall indemnify the Client on demand against all Losses which may be suffered or incurred by the Client arising out of or in connection with any such transfer, or any contract of employment so transferred to the Client, or the termination of any such contract of employment by the Client subsequent to any such transfer (which the Client shall be free in its absolute discretion to terminate without prejudice to its rights under this Clause).

########## 9. Garda Vetting

If directed by the Client, it shall be a condition of the Agreement that the Contractor shall for the term of the Agreement procure that all of the Contractor's Personnel ('Relevant Persons') where any such persons may have unsupervised access to children and/or vulnerable adults in the course of the provision of the Goods/Services are subject to and shall have successfully completed a background check via the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) and the Garda Vetting process as required by The National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016. The Contractor shall be required to provide all such information and documentation as the Client may require in this connection and shall comply (and procure compliance by the Relevant Persons) with the Client's Garda Vetting/Police Clearance policies and procedures from time to time.

- 10. Payment

A. Subject to the provisions of this clause 10 the Client shall pay and discharge the Price (plus any applicable VAT), in the manner specified between the parties. B. Discharge of the Price is subject to invoices being submitted to the Client's Contact (as set out in this Agreement or such other alternative contact as may be agreed between the parties). C. All and any queries relating to the invoice and/or the Goods/Services for any billing period (including whether Goods/Services have been accepted, rejected, satisfactorily repaired or replaced as the case may be) will be raised by the Client's Contact within 14 calendar days' of receipt of the invoice. In circumstances where no queries are raised within the said 14-day period the invoice will be deemed accepted. Upon resolution of any queries on the invoice to the satisfaction of the Client or upon such deemed acceptance the invoice will be payable by the Client. Payment is subject to any rights reserved by the Client under any other provision of this Agreement. Incorrect invoices will be returned for correction to the Contractor with consequential effects on the due date of payment. D. The Late Payment in Commercial Transactions Regulations, 2012 will apply to all payments. E. The Client shall be entitled to set-off any matured obligation owed by the Contractor to the Client under the Agreement against any obligation (whether matured or unmatured) owed by the Client to the Contractor.

########## 11. Warranties, Representations and Undertakings

A. The Contractor acknowledges, warrants, represents and undertakes that it has the authority and right under law to enter into, and to carry out its obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement and to supply the