Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This figure is quite considerably down but we always have to put a figure in at the start of each year in case somebody wins a compensation claim and there is a big bill attached to it. The figure was €200,000 and we expect the actual outturn to be only approximately €8,000. The payments relate to death-in-service overseas and I am pleased to say nobody has died this year.