Mr. Shay Cody:

Following up on a point made by my colleague Ms Patricia King, allowances for support grades across the public service should be examined in particular. While the individual amounts might seem quite modest, they accumulate into quite a significant proportion of the take-home pay of low-paid workers. If there were a way of consolidating and making comprehensive their remuneration arrangements, it would make more sense than leaving parts of their much-needed income vulnerable to criticism from outside the system.