Mr. Niall Cody:

It has to be looked at in the context of the demographics of the organisation and the number of people who are retiring and leaving Revenue. Last year we recruited 407 staff. This year to date we have recruited 467, including the additional resources. This year we will recruit over 500 staff. Next year, we will recruit over 500, including the additional resources. The issue we have is the capacity to take people in and train and develop them. The organisation is working flat out to regrow itself. There has been an embargo on recruitment for a considerable number of years. A number of years ago, 50% of staff in the organisation were over 50 years of age; it is now 47%. A significant proportion of staff have over 35 years' service. In three years, there will be over 1,000 people who have less than three years in an organisation of 6,000 people.