Mr. David Moloney:

It is unusual for somebody to report to somebody on a lower salary. It is not unique. Those situations do arise sometimes.

They have arisen in this situation because Ministers have chosen to take a waiver of increases. We know the Garda Commissioner is paid more than the Secretary General of the Department of Justice. We discussed that the CEO of the HSE is paid more than the Secretary General of the Department of Health now and will be paid more than the holder of that position under the proposed new arrangements. It is, therefore, not unique but it is unusual and tends to arise for particular reasons, in this case, because of the waiver to which the Ministers have agreed.