Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As far as I know the rates are Civil Service rates but there is a high threshold for allowing a person actually to claim. That is why a person can do quite a lot of travelling and not actually be able to claim anything. It is abotu looking at where that is and recognising regional variations and so forth. As I said, I am sorry I cannot get into it in more detail today but we just received it and I want to give it the attention it deserves. I am happy to respond to the committee in writing when we have a proposal on it if that is alright. I know it is an issue of concern to many of the members here.