John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chair. Briefly, Mr. Moran, as somebody who is often portrayed as an outsider to the Civil Service, after your arrival to the Central Bank and subsequently into the Department of Finance, did you ... well, firstly, did you believe that you had an advantage or disadvantage because of your private sector background in entering those positions and, particularly, becoming Secretary General of the Department of Finance? And secondly, did you encounter any ... I don't know how to put this diplomatically ... internal opposition or difficulties as Secretary General of the Department from maybe people who had served for longer in the Civil Service?