Ms Geraldine Tallon:

We are not yet at the end of this process. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has made it clear that this continues to be a work in progress. Some 5.86% of the payroll in Wicklow is allowance-based. Wicklow has not sent us any information on allowances. Its case is not closed at the moment. Perhaps it has been decided at local level in Wicklow not to make any business cases.