Mr. Doncha O'Sullivan:

We can check the figures for Connect the Dots. It is not major consultancy. When we get to some of the digitalisation work we are doing, the nature of some of the change will certainly involve professional external advice.

However, it has not been a heavy cost to us. Standing back from it, we are asking Government to invest very significant resources. We are hiring lots of people. We need to be able to argue the case for that with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, Ministers and so on, and show that if we are given 100 people, we will maintain the quality and improve processing. That is something which needs to be approached in a very structured way.