Ms Oonagh Buckley:

As the members of the committee are discovering, public service pay is an issue of infinite complexity. I would never say never on these matters. I assure the committee that I would like this long process to be over as soon as possible because I have had enough of it. I do not expect that many more allowances will come forward. The major sectors have been extremely thorough. That has been the case also in the local government sector. Most allowances are now out there. Some legacy allowances, or allowances from the past, are still in payment for various reasons. I expect the number of cases which have yet to come forward is not very large.