Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Two questions have come from the discussion so far. One is what the correct figures are. There is a clear difference of opinion on that. Rather than use the rest of the meeting for that, we as a committee will request the actual figures from the Department in an effort to get a better understanding. We could go back and forth on that issue until kingdom come and not make progress. We will research that. That is part of our job. Another issue is to tease out the Government response with regard to the baseline that Mr. Casey mentioned earlier on. I am going to allow Mr. Casey to respond to Deputy Martin Ferris's contribution.