Mr. Michael Donnellan:

No. The only other one is the premium payment for work done on a Saturday and Sunday and during unsocial hours. That allowance is payable in hospitals and to nurses, gardaí and other grades for night duty and work on days like Saturday, Sunday and Christmas Day. That is in common with the others. Specific allowances such as the operational allowance were driven out of an agreement in 2005. The other main allowance is the additional attendance allowance which is paid when people have to turn up and actually do the work. The people mentioned by the Deputy who receive a large number of allowances and, therefore, have a high level of pay had to work to get all of it. The majority of it is paid for physically being in a prison and looking after prisoners.