Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to return to the Social Insurance Fund. I found some statistics on page 66. In 2007, there was a surplus in the fund of €3 billion, most of which would have been there between 2000 and 2007. Now there is a surplus in the fund of €5 billion. That is another €2 billion. Of the €10 billion State subvention, there is €5 billion in the kitty. The net State requirement from the Exchequer over 20 years, if we go back to 2000, was really only €5 billion. It is a very small amount over 20 years.