Mr. Greg Dempsey:

I might have a stab at that. As the Deputy will be aware the Government has already provided over €2 billion to the Revised Estimates for health during the Covid crisis. At that stage we had indicated we would probably need further funding the longer Covid went on, to resume services and so forth. As part of the planning process for winter, that will culminate in a further request which we will then refer to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, either as part of the budget process or in advance of that, but probably as part of the budget process.