Mr. Seamus McCarthy:

Almost all of the target groups to be brought within national shared services are in now, particularly now that the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection is under the remit. There is, perhaps, a case for An Garda Síochána, the Prison Service and Army Pensions being brought in but I do not know of any plan in that regard. The Department of Defence payroll, which includes the Defence Forces, is within national shared services but Army Pensions is not, which seems a bit unusual but there are obviously reasons for it.