Senator Walsh also questioned the financial implications of the Bill. The financial implications of implementing the secondment with policing powers provision of the agreement will depend on the extent to which Garda secondments to the PSNI are made. The Bill provides for the Government to control by order the number of secondees. Costs will arise mainly in respect of allowances to cater for the accommodation and relocation of members of the Garda Síochána who are seconded. Preliminary discussions have already taken place in this regard between the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Department of Finance. No significant costs are anticipated in respect of PSNI members who are seconded to the Garda Síochána, as they will continue to be paid by the PSNI. It is proposed, however, that any positions occupied by such members will be regarded as supernumerary. Lateral mobility does not give rise to any specific financial implications as it simply involves members of the PSNI competing for certain Garda posts.