Mr. Gerry Rooney:

Certainly in the longer term the reorganisation is leading to deployment of staff around the country to different locations. An allowance is paid for an initial nine month period to defray some of the expenses associated with redeployment but after that period any additional costs arising from commuting are borne by the individual. Some of the distances involved are substantial. The figure of €4,000 may be conservative in some cases but this is an issue which arises regularly for us.