Ms Josephine Feehily:

I make these requests periodically in the context of business need. The most recent request we made was regarding the need to hire significantly skilled technical people to help us with the work on base erosion and profit shifting for the OECD. That was approved. Since the Government employment control framework structure began under the previous Government in 2010 we have received sanction to recruit 600 people. When we ask we get a hearing, some of the time.