Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. On a point of clarification, I have been asked to say that the financial scrutiny team briefing paper is based solely on the Revised Estimates for public services 2017 that are published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Those Revised Estimates are the basis upon which the committee is examining Vote 32, as referred to it by the Dáil.

I will start with subhead A5 - IDA Ireland on pages 6 and 7 of the committee secretariat's briefing. This subhead comprises 21% of the Vote's gross allocation. I invite questions on this subhead.