Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

Forget the legal advice. Understandably, the Department of Finance is only concerned with money. There is no saving in the overall scheme of things because the capitation grant remains the same. The only victims are poorly paid temporarily employed secretaries and caretakers. One could argue the beneficiaries are the boards of management because they would have a little more money in the capitation grant but that is a separate issue. This is vindictiveness brought about by bureaucratic laziness. There is no saving to the Minister's Vote or to the Exchequer. Where is the logic in all of this?

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