Mr. Rob Wright:

I am okay with that. There is progress there too. I am very encouraged. There is a series of outreach initiatives. I killed some time yesterday morning and yesterday afternoon with some colleagues to see what is happening. I have an interest, and they were happy to inform me of progress.

There is a more active outward engagement on the economic side. The Department now has a senior economist. He relates to the broader interests of economists in the country. There is an engagement by the co-ordinator of management issues in the Department. There are now some short-term exchanges of students from universities around Ireland to get some exposure to the Department. In the Minister's medium-term economic agenda, which admittedly is high level, there was an outward engagement.

It is a very important point the Deputy makes. I see some progress there but, as the Chairman had pointed out at the start, I have only been here a half a day or so to engage on that. I feel there has been some progress. The committee will want to hold them to account, if there is enough or if my advice has been wrong for them.