AMENDED ANSWERS TO ORAL QUESTIONS — Question No. 8 to Minister

I wish to clarify an answer I gave in the House today to question No. 8. In answering question No. 8 today I used the number $3 million when I said “$3 million less in salaries”. The cost I quoted was a gross cost for 30 staff. However, the Ministerial Services budget will reflect redundancies, transition costs associated with the election, and changes in remuneration. So the figure I used does not relate directly to a change in the Ministerial Services budget, and that may have been the impression I gave the House.