Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not aware of a difficulty arising in the significant redeployment of staff to date. I do not want to create a structure that will be so cumbersome that it will become unworkable. Everybody who has moved, as Senator Denis Landy said, volunteered to do so. They might not have been enthusiastic about it and might have preferred to stay put, but when agencies are closed or downsized, it is important to have flexibility for people to preserve their jobs and terms and conditions. All of this is fully vindicated in the process we have set down. I do not know whether there is a need to have another tier above this.