Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

My understanding was that some of those payments were back payments to consultants where there was a dispute going on about the level of pay and as a result, all of that pay came in together. None of the contracts are on that kind of basis, even for overtime. There is an upper limit. My understanding is that there are basic contracts where a high fee is paid and then there is a number in the contract that you can only claim overtime for.