Mr. Bernard Gloster:

I am not aware of any other senior official in the ambulance service, but I am around too long to catch myself out on that. I will check it and come back to the Senator. At the time the allowance was given to the director, he was a practising advanced paramedic and on the PHECC register. In fact, he continues to be on the PHECC register and he can, therefore, practice, subject to time available. It was given to him because the salary itself was not going to, essentially, sustain the level of responsibility that was required to take over the service in 2011 during financial straits and other things. Everyone can look back and say whether it was right or wrong, but the reality is that it is a part of a person's contract now. That is what it is.