Mr. John Barrett:

I must give a context because I am a relatively new public servant and I am conscious that I am meeting the elected representatives. My background is in the private sector, with 25 years in US multinational firms. I come at this without all the nuances of the public service. My reading of these documents may be different from others in the organisation for a lengthy period of time. Earlier, I used the word "alarmed", which I was, simply because in the world in which I previously lived matters like this would be corrected much more expeditiously. I did not really have the necessary understanding and, to a significant degree, we are dependent on what remains to be done by Mr. Kelly.