Mr. Kenneth Mooney:

Currently within the Department, we have 57 individuals seconded into us and nine of our own officers seconded out of the Department to other Departments and to the EU. Typically, those secondments are between three and five years in duration. However, aside from that, there are other examples where we have had secondments that surpassed that. Coming to mind, I can think of five secondments that have been, for example, six years, eight years and currently there is one going on ten years, so it does exist. As I mentioned, there is no policy or guide that suggests that we cannot have secondments greater than five years. Yes, there are secondments currently in excess of five years within the Department.