Ms Caron McCaffrey:

The Deputy should let me finish my point. I can provide information which will show the Deputy that profits of the magnitude he has suggested have not been achieved by these committees and that in fact there is a very modest sum of money in the mess committee's account. I believe it ranges from a couple of thousand to an absolute maximum, for one of the biggest mess committees, of about €30,000. The biggest figure is that for the Mountjoy mess committee. Mess committees operate on a break-even basis, and we are happy to provide the Deputy with-----