Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for circulating the figures at this stage. For future reference it would be useful to have them when we get the initial documentation because that makes comparing and interpreting the figures much easier.

There is an increase of over €3.7 million in the budget for office equipment and external IT service in the estimate for 2014. That represents an increase of over €6 million since 2012. Why are there such significant increases year on year and will this be a trend? There is an increase of €554,000 for 2014 in the supplementary measures to protect the financial interests of the EU. What do those costs entail?