Mr. John Kinnane:

With regard to Table 10 in the SPU, it follows the format set out in budget 2019 and in the expenditure report for 2019.

We have an amount of €605 million that is showing as resources not allocated. There are carryover costs of approximately €300 million that are included within the expenditure pre-commitments that we detailed at €1.2 billion on the current expenditure side. As these carryover costs are not specifically allocated to ministerial expenditure ceilings, they are included within the resources not allocated number. If we remove the €300 million of pre-commitments, that gives the €300 million of unallocated expenditure for 2020. As we move out across the years, table 10 in the stability programme update, SPU, accumulates the unallocated expenditure amount for each year. Back at budget time last year, and in the SPU, we had unallocated resources of €700 million for 2021, which gives the €1.3 billion. That compares with the €1.3 billion for 2021 in the summer economic statement. The reason for the uplift is that when we apply a 3.25% growth rate, we get annual growth in expenditure of roughly €2 billion as opposed to roughly €1.5 billion annual growth in expenditure as set out in the SPU. Consequently, there is an uplift in the resources not allocated but these are annual numbers as opposed to the cumulative numbers in the SPU.