Dr. Andrew Condon:

If we look at the SAFE regulation and changes in cohesion in the current round, that is the 2021 to 2027 programme, these two instruments - the SAFE instrument and the mid-term review of cohesion policy - injected the possibility of expenditure on a range of new priorities into the cohesion funds. Social and affordable housing, energy, water, water infrastructure, decarbonisation, defence and competitiveness were all injected in as new priorities upon which cohesion money could be spent. As I made clear, in Ireland we are focusing on sustainable and affordable housing and decarbonisation-----