Mr. Liam Woods:

We can identify who is paid what and the question put by Deputy Harris is whether this is the case. The response in the documentation sent to the committee after the last session concerned identifying the number of people earning over €70,000 who were paid increments. The system issue arose in trying to identify how many people earning over €70,000 were paid increments. It is not difficult to identify how many people are paid over €70,000. We can do so in a relatively straightforward manner. I hear the point made by Deputy Harris about those earning over €100,000.