Mr. Barry O'Brien:

I cannot speak to what was submitted by other agencies but I assure the Deputy that we focused on the definition of an allowance. We pay additional premiums for Saturday, Sunday and night duty, and for overtime. To be honest, I am unsure of the scope of the replies of other Departments and whether they included figures for overtime. Anyway, we received a specific request to answer questions on allowances and that is the number of allowances we have.