Mr. P. J. Stone:

Exactly. When we had a reduction in pay, the rent allowance was reduced. Rent is now inextricably linked in respect of the Conroy commission and Mr. Louden Ryan and thereafter the public service arbitrator made rent pensionable in 1982. There is no question that it is part of pay but it stands alone which raises the questions being asked by the Deputy and others about its relationship to pay. It is part of pay and it is mirrored in the Defence Forces with the military service allowance, which is almost akin to the rent allowance for the Garda Síochána. That was done to give members of the Defence Forces a pay increase under the guise of a military service allowance.