Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I had about €50 million in the budget for the start of last year. It was a very challenging year in respect of reactor numbers. When we did the Supplementary Estimates here at the end of last year, I reallocated an extra €22 million to that. That €71 million is the total at the end of the Supplementary Estimates. We have €57 million plugged in at the start of this year but we do not yet know what the year will be like. We want to see an improvement but I will monitor it closely, like I did last year, and return to it, if necessary, at the end of the year potentially for a Supplementary Estimate and a reallocation.