Mr. John Kinnane:

There is a detailed negotiation and when we look at the inflation impacts, if we take two of the big items of expenditure within the budget, approximately 30% of the core expenditure base is social protection. There is no inflationary impact on that because rate changes form part of the budgetary decisions. The other one is public service pay and pensions, which amounts to approximately €28 billion out of the €74 billion in the baseline. The carryover impact of the pay deal was approximately 1.5% to 1.75% so there were two very large areas of expenditure that are not being impacted by broader inflation because the decision as regards a new public service State pay deal is not factored into the ELS. Ms Behan deals with the social protection Vote she might be able to provide you with some-----