Mr. Paul Reid:

I thank members for their kind comments. I hope they have seen, from myself and the teams who come in here regularly, full respect for the parliamentary process, the Oireachtas committees and the Committee of Public Accounts. We spend a lot of time researching for these meetings and we do not always have the individual answers for specific areas but we spend a lot of time paying due respect for the roles members play in Oireachtas committees. The Deputy's question was what would my passing comment be to, in this case Stephen, who will take up the acting role. It would be that it is all about the services. We cannot ever forget everything we do every day, no matter what roles we are in. We have to ask if we are adding value to the people who use the services. If we are not adding value then we are not doing our jobs.