Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Sorry, my maths is not great, as Mr. Kirrane can see. What percentage is that of the overall cost? I ask because we need to be able to say to citizens the housing crisis and unemployment will be addressed by Government but that this is a separate budget that is part of our international responsibility. Ireland contributes hundreds of millions of euro every year to overseas aid, for example. It is part of our responsibility to the international community. I want to get a sense of whether clear explanatory notes have been prepared. For example, the question I asked first related to the suggestion by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, that he would ask that whatever expenditure was deployed on this would not be taken into consideration as part of normal budgetary calculations. What position is all of that in at this stage?