Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

First, in response to the Chairman's own question, the €185,724,000 really is what it claims to be, namely, an estimate. If one looks at the 2012 Estimate, it is the same Estimate. However, the Chairman's point is that it is more than the outturn for 2012. The reason for that is the outturn was somewhat less than the Estimate for reasons of evasion, non-collection, the recession or whatever.