Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The summer economic statement sets out the amount of discretionary spending that is available to the Minister in budget 2019. That was estimated at €800 million given that the Minister was not going to use €900 million and was going to put €500 million into the rainy day fund. Less than two weeks out from budget day, does he expect that figure to increase or decrease or is he confident that this figure will remain the same?