Ms Geraldine Tallon:

As my colleague said, it is still a work in process. It may be that the estimated figures for national allowances are underestimated. Many of the local allowances, of which we sent on 42, are small. I refer to the library branch cleaner allowance, which amounts to €13 a week, and the allowance for kennelling a dog, at €7.50 per dog per day. These are small in the overall scheme of things.