Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

To translate into today's money the figures the witnesses quoted earlier, they are talking about a set-up figure for the new panel of between €250,000 and €300,000 and then some €100,000 to €150,000 for every election after that. If that is the ballpark figure, it is small money whereas the benefits are clear. Everybody here has made clear their support for it. The benefit in terms of the public value of information far outweighs the cost, although that is something we can return to in private session.