Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú:

Yes.

There is no difficulty in talking through the details of any allowance but we want to be careful about the negotiating strategy with the unions that we will enter into. We have just commenced that and informed some of the unions this week to that effect. In starting that process we are having discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about the prioritisation of certain allowances. Some of these are not just related to the education sector, as Deputies are aware, and there are common elements across a number of other Departments. We must have a joined-up approach with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and other Departments in advancing our negotiating approaches with unions.