Mr. Paul McGowan:

There were one or two other questions on establishment costs and so forth. As the Deputy will know, in response to previous questions from the committee we carried out an initial analysis around establishment costs. As part of the consultation that we will issue in July we will include a full assessment of establishment costs and all other operating and capital expenditure.

The Deputy also asked about free allowances and pensioners. We cannot give him an answer on exemptions for pensioners and affordability measures are a matter for Government policy. We set the charge irrespective of whether the Government decides to put in place allowances or otherwise to assist people in their ability to pay, which is a matter of Government policy.

I think we have covered all of the questions but please let us know if we missed anything.