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I understand that. I was wondering what the reasons were for not having such a body, but that is fine—we can move on. Liam Kerr has a supplementary question before we move to Ruth Maguire.

I have jumped ahead of myself. We now come to Bill Kidd for some questions.

I call Claire Cullen—but I see that she is shaking her head.

Thank you very much for your time today.

There was a lot in there, Dr Dempster. Some of those themes will be picked up later by other members and you will get the chance to expand on those, so do not worry about that.

Professor Ó Giollagáin, do you want to respond to that one?

Professor McLeod, can you comment on whether the current policy framework has the right balance?

Sorry; I was just commenting on the point about progressive taxation. Anyway, carry on.

Please move on to the substantive themes that we want to ask about.

Thank you for interpreting my very bumbled question. Does anyone else want to respond?