Am I satisfied? I'd say we're moving in the right direction. This is an area we have not invested in to the extent we've needed to over the last number of years. If all of you go back in time to the nineties, as part of the deficit reduction exercise the area where we cut the most in departments was essentially in our corporate overhead—corporate finance, administration, HR. It's only recently that we've recognized the need to reinvest in this area. So, for example, in our audit function we are investing up to $50 million, I believe, to reinvigorate the audit function.
The Comptroller General, as you know, is moving to the senior financial officer model, ensuring that these senior financial officers are accredited and have the appropriate qualifications. At the same time, we're working closely with the school to ensure that we have functional specialists at all levels and that the appropriate training is there. The school was allocated additional resources a year and a half ago to do this. I think we are moving in the right direction. I don't think it's at the level yet that we need, but we are undertaking the appropriate investments.
There is also an issue of finding senior financial officers who are accredited within our system, and so recruitment both inside and outside the public service is going to be really key. We have put in place, under the Comptroller General, a sector that focuses full time on how we enhance recruitment in this community, both for the audit function and the financial officer function, at all levels. They are working with a number of different institutions, both inside and outside government, to find more accredited financial officers and auditors.
We're not where we need to be, but my view is that we have a good plan and are on track.