John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Watt and his officials. The thrust of what Mr. Watt is getting at when it comes to the Civil Service changes or reforms has to do with making the Civil Service more attractive to people from the outside. There is some irony in the fact that a few years ago Mr. Watt came before the Committee of Public Accounts and famously said one of the big problems in recruiting and attracting people to the Civil Service was appearing before the Committee of Public Accounts because in some cases people were not willing to do that. Does Mr. Watt think it has improved since then now that Deputy McGuinness is no longer the Chairman?