Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have some questions here for forward planning for next week. With regard to the €35 million of new money for 2016, where was that money, once furnished, used to plug holes and where was it used in new development? I do not just want a top-line figure here, I would like a breakdown of exactly what holes were plugged with that figure. I understand that there could be time restrictions here but there will be both short wins and long wins when it comes to getting figures together. Perhaps some of the figures we requested could be submitted by next week - the top-line figures, perhaps - so I ask that the witnesses keep that in mind. I understand that some of the other figures may take longer to get, in which case I ask the Chairman that we be facilitated in inviting the stakeholders back if we need clarification on some of the answers. I would be grateful for that because this is a learning process for all of us, and the answers that may take some time to be supplied to us will obviously lead to follow-on questions.

In anticipation of our discussion next week of the recruitment issue, I ask that the stakeholders furnish us with some extra information around some of the recruitment challenges that were articulated today. I further ask that this be provided under a number of different heading, including for example, talent pool; systems; location; job description; career progression; working conditions; qualifications; experience; and decision-making timelines and processes. If the stakeholders could have some information for us on that next week we could then start to tease out the anomalies within those headings rather than scratching at the surface. This would save time for both us and them as we would not have to invite them back in again to get clarification on answers that might take time to submit. This might be helpful.