Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I know, but let me finish. If there is a situation that we are only getting 800 people into Templemore per annum, it is not going to be an issue, but we have to be adventurous for the future. If it is the case that we are going to attract numbers that Templemore simply cannot deal with, of course we are going to have to look at that.

The Deputy also raised the issue of subsistence and travel allowances. I have met the GRA and all the other associations. The subsistence and travel allowances have been mentioned to me repeatedly. This issue has been going on for too long and needs to be resolved. I have instructed the relevant officials in my Department to deal with that. I am not trying to blame another statutory agency, but the issue at present is with Revenue. There needs to be agreement with Revenue in respect of subsistence and travel allowances. I will be embarrassed if this has not been sorted out by the time I next meet the GRA. It is not exclusively an issue that just arrived on my desk - it has been there historically - but it is something I am committed to doing.