Mr. Robert Watt:

I would have thought so. I came here today and spoke about the allowances in respect of 35,000 civil servants and the €4.7 million cost just in case the media have not picked up on that point. This is a total of €4.7 million in allowances for 35,000 civil servants. I have been able to give the committee the numbers of people in each category and the spending on each of those and that is for a system of 35,000 people. Our responsibility relates to those people and the other people who make the 292,000 in the public service. We have many issues to deal with, including the troika and budgets. The Chairman's questions are a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission and they are not difficult to answer.