Dr. Dermot Coates:

Across all State agencies and not just in our Department, additional funding and resourcing has been provided over successive years to try to upgrade, expand and meet the functions that have fallen to various agencies. That is difficult against the backdrop the Deputy referred to of an increasing level or retirements and a tight labour market, which causes recruitment difficulties for both public and private sector firms. I do not have the exact numbers for January to hand. I apologise but we will share them with the clerk afterwards, once I get-----