Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My first question is the big one. I see there was a surplus of approximately €4 billion in the Social Insurance Fund. Is that correct? Will the Minister tell us if that was better than was expected in last year's Estimate? I think it was €3.5 billion last year and €4 billion this year. Was the outturn last year better than had been forecast in terms of the surplus? What is the cumulative surplus of the Social Insurance Fund at the moment?