Mr. John Conlon:

The Civil Service and the Government in general have grown quite fast in the last number of years. We sometimes have to react to that demand. We get demands from new agencies that are set up and Government Departments that are expanding. We sometimes have to react very quickly, and a lease may be a better way of reacting. I would like to have a stock of Government buildings to put people into, but I do not have that. Leases are a fact of life in terms of reacting to the demands that are put on us to accommodate staff.