Mr. P. J. Fitzpatrick:

It has been just two and a half years now but in fairness, some areas have put in place training programmes and some sectors have been quite proactive. I was recently invited to attend the launch of a human resources strategy in Teagasc, which had a superb training programme. That was more than a year and a half ago. Another issue is external recruitment, which is also assisting in areas in which particular skills are required, such as shared services, for example, or areas like contract management, procurement or information and communications technology. In any organisation undergoing major change, training and development is always an ongoing issue.