Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That concludes the first round. I have a brief question myself. There is a perception that white collar crime, financial crime or whatever one wants to call it has not been treated properly over the last years. I welcome the Minister's comments on a number of questions. I had similar questions but they have been asked already. Did I hear correctly that the budget for next year is being increased to €6.3 million, which is an increase of only €300,000 on this year? The Minister talked about increasing the staff from 44 to 69. I would have expected a more significant increase in staff if we are going to be serious about tackling this. Does he anticipate that the additional staff will be specialist IT staff or will they be a combination of HR staff and IT staff? I know these are necessary too but will the additional staff be specialists in IT and detective work? Judge Aylmer famously said of the Anglo Irish Bank case that the failure of the ODCE was stark. There was a failure to properly investigate shredding of documents and it was not seen to be impartial. Is the Tánaiste convinced that 69 staff will be adequate?