Ms Mary Rose Burke:

The proposal is based on the run rate of growth in the economy, projections in relation to employment and unemployment and so on into the future, the expected intake of €500 million from water charges, and other pre-announced reductions which will also feed into savings. However, we have not looked at where the expenditure savings should come from. There should be technology-related reductions as part of normal good governance and efficiency reductions in various areas of administration.