Mr. Kevin Bakhurst:

I thank the Senator for his comments. I am confident the team and I will get there. We are doing everything we can to get there. It is extremely challenging, as the Senator said, when there is a drumbeat of these reports coming out, with legacy issues we have to deal with. They make unpleasant reading. As I said to Deputy Munster, I do not start to understand some of the decisions that were made, to be honest. However, we are dealing with them. As the reports come out, and I would take Mazars as a particular example, we will take the report, look at what we need to change and we will change it.

I have changed the leadership team. In due course, when we can recruit again, there will be some more changes and I will have a permanent leadership team. The current interim leadership team, with new people on it, is doing a great job. We are driving change and we are driving transparency. I hope that is evident in our dealings with this committee, with the Department and with staff. It is tough. I am confident we will get there in the end but it is tough.