Mr. Peter Finnegan:

The Parliamentary Budget Office, which is now in its second year, has 13 staff in total. Its director is Ms Annette Connolly, who is at assistant secretary level. It has one principal officer, Ms Denise O'Connell, who is just behind me. There are five assistant principal officers, five administrative officers and one clerical officer. The office provides a service for all of the Oireachtas. It works with the budget oversight committee on budgetary matters but its publications are available to all the Members. On committees, the overall number is about 81.