Mr. Derek Moran:

It's a very ... it's a difficult question. I suppose that styles get embedded, particularly where you have, effectively, the same Government over a very prolonged period of time, you know, and that, perhaps, can influence the way people think and behave; there's a consistency or a constancy. But I think at the individual, official level, to be honest, there has to be healthy tensions between different commentators and the Department. I think that's the way it should be ... that there are some times - and I give a personal view on this - that the Department relies on independent institutions saying things that possibly the Department can't say in its role. And members here will know that when officials come in to committees, they can't comment on the merits, or otherwise, of policy, you know. And that's the way the system operates, that's the way the parliamentary and democratic system operates. So, therefore, in my view, it is very, very important that you have other voices saying things that perhaps you can't say. So, I-----