Mr. Michael Donnellan:

It is challenging that new entrants will be on less pay. Some of our new recruits who started in recent years have had a 10% pay cut and it is something they speak about. It is the reality of where the country is and we simply must deal with it. To meet our pay bill costs, there will have to be reductions. We must cope with it and deal with it. We must be brave and face it. The salary scales which exist cannot be sustained.