Ms Clare McGrath:

Yes, but that is fine in the sense that this was a decision of the then Government and we responded to it. The relevant Department then indicated what was to be the brief and as additional staff were assigned to the Minister of State - which would not be unusual - the brief changed. It is not a straightforward comparison. It is really important for me to convey to the committee that in the context of the industry benchmarks for the provision of executive accommodation-----