Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask my officials to respond on what we think is likely to happen next year. The Deputy will be aware that we are observing very high inflation this year. It depends area by area. Medical and surgical devices, drugs and medicines, catering and heating are different but we are looking at a range of figures - 10%, 17%, 23%. I will ask the officials to give a view on our best guess as to what might happen next year.