Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

It is 1.45 a.m. and I have one question for the Minister of State. In reviewing the Bill, I note that members of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission receive €20,000 per annum as an extra allowance for serving on it. I understand the Minister, Deputy Lenihan, stated that was to be halved, yet such a measure seems to be missing from the Bill. He has touched on long service increments and chairs, vice chairs and convenors of committees. Why is that the case? Am I incorrect in my understanding? I ask the Minister of State to clarify that point. If I am correct, why would the members of the commission be excluded from the Bill?