Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I take that point and believe the influx of new people to a Department or to any walk of life to be a good thing, but I suppose this is the reverse. In the current climate in particular - these are not normal times and it is the difference between one's peacetime unit and the wartime we face in terms of the financial crisis - I refer to people working in a highly sensitive area, which hopefully will remain unique. Does the Secretary General have a view on the appropriate period of time that should elapse between such a person working in a sensitive area such as in the banking unit that engages with a bank with a significant public stake and then going on to the payroll of that bank? That really is the question.