Mr. Noel Waters:

This is an issue for one of the sub-committees of the Civil Service Management Board, which comprises all Secretaries General. It is a matter of great frustration for us, as the heads of our organisations, that we are unable to get to the bottom of this to drive it down to the point where the State is not left in this situation. The work is ongoing. We are not giving up on it. It is proving particularly difficult to get to the bottom of it by reaching a point at which the numbers are what we would consider to be acceptable. I assure the Deputy that there is no lack of energy in our attempts to tackle the problem.