Mr. John Kinnane:

I would not accept that there is fiction in any of the documents that are published by the Department. The ELS provision that is included in the summer economic statement is an overall provision that is made in advance of the detailed negotiations that lead into the budgetary process. We need to make an assessment at a point in time based on where we think expenditure will land over the course of the coming months and demand pressures into next year. When one goes through the detail, and Ms Behan can take the Deputy through the details because she dealt with the detailed negotiations on the social protection side, you will find that------