Mr. David Martin:

Judges are irrelevant to me in this regard. As a private company we have binding contracts with these people, as Deputy Dowds well knows. We can ask them but if one tells somebody that they must take a reduction, there is almost an issue that one is getting into areas of constructive dismissal as well. It is a legal minefield for us in this respect. The Deputy talks about the money but I would not put at peril further substantial funds which we might have to award these people by way of damages, which would be gone from the funding that would otherwise be given for the services.