Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry to interject but, to be clear, when a Department goes to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, it does not ask for a sum of money. It makes a proposal as to the money it needs based on the programmes it wants to run. As much as a Department has some discretion as to how to allocate its funds, there is an understanding with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as to how those funds will be used. Is that correct?