Mr. Tony Murphy:

We would not go that far. What tends to happen is that we would help with a peer review as part of a team. That might include us, the Dutch auditor general's office, for instance, and some others, so it would be a team, more or less. Our resources are obviously tight enough at the moment in that the RRF and Next Generation EU are taking up a lot of them. We asked for 18 more staff for next year and we have been given nine. Resources are a permanent battle, as the Deputy well knows, in that you are given additional responsibilities but not always the commensurate resources. We have to prioritise a little. We see ourselves as part of the audit community so where we can help, we do. We are very well established and in the long run it is helpful for us as well if there is a well functioning independent auditor general's office in an acceding member state.