Mr. Garret Doocey:

Obviously, it is the subject of deliberations between us and our colleagues in the Department of public expenditure at the minute. To give a context to it, the NDP 2021-2030 allocated €35 billion to the Department, with €13 billion from 2021 to 2025 and €22 billion from 2026 to 2030. Since publication of the NDP 2021-2030, there has been an additional Government commitment of €500 million on the A5 road project, so that is €22.5 billion, and then there has been an additional windfall allocation of €300 million. Our base position, therefore, is €22.8 billion over 2026 to 2030, but that is based on the NDP. Since then, we have had new projects come in that have been developed or put in the pipeline over those five years. We have seen cost increases as well. That gives the Deputy a context as to what our starting position-----