Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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It is the on the next page. Could we go down to the middle, which relates to enlisted personnel? Could participants comment on the fact that for people from the lower to the middle end of the wage scale, allowances occupy a far larger percentage of their total income than they do in respect of the income of people higher up the scale. For example, between private and sergeant, the figure is between 8.9% and 12.5% of total compensation. However, the figure nearly halves if one goes up to sergeant major level and is considerably smaller when one goes up into officer rank. Could Mr. Rooney and Colonel O'Keeffe give me their observations on that table?