Mr. Hubert Loftus:

I ask the Chairman if I might quickly clarify something here. One of the ETBs in the most difficult situation, and with the most catching up to do, was the Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim ETB. I put a very concentrated effort into helping them get their accounts for 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 completed within the space of a few months so as to leave them in a much better position to face into their 2017 accounts. We also did a lot of work on prioritising the filling of critical job vacancies so as to support the ETBs that were particularly badly hit by retirements and so forth.