Pauline Tully (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I had to leave to speak in the Seanad so I apologise in advance if I ask questions that have already been put to our guests. The opening statement refers to the fact that 162,000 people have registered and paid so far. That figure was 173,000 last year. I acknowledge that 10,000 applications were received late. Is the figure for this year actually 172,000 or will it be greater than that?