Mr. Barry O'Brien:

In some areas of the health system some grades might have a liability to work right through the 24 hour roster. In many others that would be voluntary. The vast majority of nurses, for example, do not do night duty. I would be giving the committee wrong information if I spoke about the night duty allowance. The rate of pay that is attracted, if one is deemed to go on the night duty roster, is time and a quarter.