Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

As the Deputy will know, the capital expenditure is decided across every Government Department in the previous national development plan. The Minister, Deputy Donohoe, when he was in my position, set out windfall allocations for a two-year period. What we are presently engaging in is exactly to the Deputy's point about what the allocation will be over the next five-year period, in particular. That is something that is being actively considered. We are seeking to prioritise energy, water and transport in particular as growth enabling infrastructure for housing, but that is something we are presently engaged with. As I said, there is ambition in every Government Department around increased capital allocations, but part of what I have to try to create is real prioritisation, where possible, in areas that really need that infrastructure investment while managing the social and community infrastructure, for which I know there is demand in many communities in the country. That is part of the process that is under way. The outworking of that will set out the nature of what is possible in the next five years.