Even allowing for the benchmarking award of 8.5%, plus 7% under Sustaining Progress, the secretarial assistants employed since October 2002 will still not have reached the original salary scale of €398.15 per week. I would like the Minister of State to address this issue which has been ignored by his Department. From the point of view of view of fair play, the moral obligation of the Department, cothrom na féine and doing justice to the workers concerned, this matter should be addressed and the Minister should at least respond to the Labour Court invitation.