Ms Nóirín O'Sullivan:

The purpose of the tribunal co-ordination office is to fully assist the disclosures tribunal to meet the timeline set out by Mr. Justice Charlton and to be in a position to facilitate the co-ordination from right across the organisation and to provide an interface and conduit with the tribunal. I will be honest with the committee. The fact is that we have been criticised previously about delays in facilitating and supporting commissions of investigation, etc., and in the timeframe set out by the disclosures tribunal, it was far more cost-effective to hire retired individuals than it would be for-----