Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will set the rate in regard to the salaries. On the issue of appeals, I have discussed this matter with Deputy O'Dea on numerous occasions. One of the reasons for the level of success in regard to appeals is that we allow additional information at every step of the way. In other jurisdictions, that is not allowed; they only allow an appeal to be based on the information that was provided in the first instance. If the Deputy wants us to go down that route, and I would fight him tooth and nail.