Mr. Martin Callinan:

Change management is a section within Garda headquarters which addresses a range of policing issues relating to the transformation and reform agenda under the Croke Park agreement and the Garda response to a changing environment, GRACE, programme. These are highly qualified personnel who are devoting their time in that section to identifying better efficiencies within Garda operations and practice. They do not qualify for the other allowances we have been discussing. In other words, this is a once-off allowance for working in the section. These are highly specialised staff.