Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

I wish to clarify one point. Earlier I stated the vast majority of allowances are pensionable. The vast majority of allowance payments are pensionable. Many of the smaller allowances are not pensionable, as members will see from the information. I do not want anyone to misunderstand. Overall, the allowance spend is mostly pensionable but quite a few of the smaller allowances are not.