John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Minister worries too; he does not sleep at night knowing he must appear before the committee.

I have a brief point to make. In terms of State employees, certain Departments employ people on contracts and at some point let them go and replace them with others on similar contracts. Why do such employees not have their contracts extended when there is more work to be done? It is difficult to understand the reason for losing well qualified individuals who have worked in a certain position for some years for the sake of allowing someone in the Department to turn over contracts.