Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

These are Deputy McGuinness's words. He said there are circumstances that should be considered where Ministers are away on State business for long periods of time and where, if they want to pay for their spouse to accompany them, that is fine. He then said that there may be other circumstances where the Minister can then make a case, within a new set of guidelines, where he believes the State should pay because work practices have certainly changed. The family is now central to everything and it may be that a Minister might want to make that case. I really do not understand that. Perhaps Deputy McGuinness would just explain to me what he meant by the last part and what occasions there might be-----