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

I thank the Minister for his opening statement and briefing paper. I have some very specific questions on the Estimates. Perhaps we will take them in turn. Page 5 of the briefing document tells us that the voted capital allocation for housing was €2.46 billion. We know that up to the end of the third quarter, approximately €990 million was spent, leaving €1.46 billion to be spent by the end of the year. There is also a carryover of €240 million. That is clear. Some €1.22 billion of what was allocated for housing needs to be spent by the end of the year if, as the Minister has said, there is to be no capital surrender. When he says that, is the Minister saying there will not be any shortfall in the housing capital spend other than the carryover of €240 million or is some additional underspend possible?