Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

My next question is for Mr. Clinton and it is on the allowances which will be disallowed for new recruits. When the new pension arrangements were introduced for the public service, new entrants were put on a different footing to those in service. We now see a similar gap opening up between serving officers and new entrants with regard to allowances. What is Mr. Clinton's view on this? In a practical day-to-day sense, especially in a workplace with annualised hours and a particular methodology in place, what effect is this likely to have on the operation of the service?