Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

When we had Bernard Gloster here before, we talked a number of times with him about the use of private management consultants and that commitment to reduce their use by up to €40 million. I was certainly very keen on that reduction because it is very worthwhile for any institution to build up its own in-house knowledge and not to be relying on external private management consultants. However, it strikes me that in the context of a freeze on hiring or less contracting out, that might be difficult. Will Mr. Devane speak to that a little bit in terms of the board's overall approach to reducing that use of private consultants?