Mr. Kieran Coughlan:

There is movement in that regard. The commission, after both audits, drew up guidelines to facilitate that because, as I stated, there were issues about what should and should not be included. The guidelines were made on that point. It arose from "expenses, including any statutory deductions, for the purchase of secretarial support, public relations, information technology ... training services under a contract ... [and] persons engaged or expenses incurred under Regulation 9 [of] the Regulations of 2008" and then ministerial staff employed under the guidelines on staffing. There were a number of issues in the mix that Members themselves found. I have described this as teething problems.