Ms Louise McGirr:

It has done so a number of times in the past in health. In general, those were smaller Supplementary Estimates than this. Last year, it did not go into the base; it was a one-off. That was largely because a lot of it was Covid last year and it was difficult. We had a problem in acutes last year and we could see the overruns but it was offset by savings elsewhere in the system. It was not invisible. We had big Covid expenditure, with Omicron and other things. It was more difficult to make out. In 2018-19, the Supplementary Estimate was recurring, or elements of it were recurring. That is dealt with in the Revised Estimates.

It also depends significantly on the macro space in terms of the overall budgetary position, so there are a number of factors.