David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Can I just go by the Minister's figures? I can only go by what he has provided in his opening statement. We can agree on the €1.39 billion figure, that is the substance of this Supplementary Estimate and that is what is being sought, which is fine. Separate from that, it makes reference to a further ask of €600 million for non-Covid-19 expenditure and €90 million for capital, that is, €690 million. It then notes that €409 million of that is coming from cash holdings and €70 million from an underspend in the Department. My point is that if we add all those up, it is almost hitting €1.9 billion of additional money being spent. The Minister might unpack this from me because I cannot figure out from the information we have received what is going on here at all because when the Minister said €600 million for non-Covid-19 expenditure and €90 million for capital, that comes to €690 million. The Minister then states it is offset or mitigated by €70 million from non-HSE elements of the Vote total - an underspend - and €409 million from cash holdings, which is €479 million. The statement refers to €690 million of additional spend and the Minister is telling us where the €479 million is coming from. Where did the rest come from?