Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is a deficit of €1.5 billion, or maybe it will be €1 billion. We will see when the figures are announced next week because the Department will not tell the committee that oversees it. I understand that the Cabinet may have to agree and all of that. Is the Department expecting that to just disappear? Let us say it is €1 billion; it might be less and it might be a bit more. How much of that €1 billion will be recurring? Surely to God the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, understands that at least a portion of that is recurring. Why is it not being provided for?