Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

The Deputy's question is a complex one, to which there is no easy answer. The staff in the section 39 organisations are not public servants. They are not covered by the public service agreements. We are aware of pay pressures and other pressures in the section 38 and section 39 agencies. That is part of the ongoing conversation we would have with our funders but we do not have, and certainly will not have before the end of 2017, any specific additional resource identified for that purpose. As indicated by the director general there was not a uniform approach applied across the section 39 sector and, therefore, its resolution is unlikely to be uniform.