Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I just hope that shortly will come the day when the Department, the HSE and the Minister can come to an agreement on a figure that is a lot closer to each other's figure than that currently or in recent years.

On the national development plan and the additional €1.5 billion next year, can the Minister make available to the committee the various allocations for Departments in order that when he says there will be more expenditure on schools and hospitals next year, we can begin to narrow down exactly where that will be, notwithstanding the expectations beyond that into the 2040 programme or any negative effect as a result of Brexit, for example, as discussed earlier, which could mean difference in output?