Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is demand-led and I suppose that is why we get things like under-spending. We make a best stab which is based on the commitments it made last year and the year before. That will influence a percentage of the 2013 drawdown. It will anticipate the additional drawdown from its 2013 applications. In deciding what approvals it gives in 2013, it must be conscious of its budget for the next number of years. There is no provision for an increase in its budget over the next number of years. Like every other Department, we must live within our budget.