Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Because this is done on a no-policy-change basis. The Minister for Finance has not yet made the decision on the overall expenditure ceiling, and we have some work to do before we get to that point. The Government, only prior to the SPU, had determined a non-core figure for 2023, and the non-core figure for 2023 of that €5.2 billion includes €1.6 billion for Ukraine and €1.5 billion for Covid.