Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Clearly, this wasn’t an unforeseen expense. It is the way that the money is booked so we can respect the confidentiality as much as possible of the collective bargaining process. We don’t put in our budgets the figures we think are going to be there for negotiation.
It is similar to the issue with the capital plan that Members have raised. There is so much detail in the capital plan that contractors know to the dollar what money is there for a specific contract. So that’s the way the money is booked. Clearly, if there is an interest from the Members in coming up with or looking at alternate ways to book this money, we can have that discussion.
We are also working on looking at other jurisdictions to see how they deal with their particular collective bargaining processes. The good news about this one is that it won’t be before us now for another four years, which should take us into the 17th Assembly.