Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I am particularly interested to learn if it is money for the Housing Finance Agency or something of that nature.

I will go on to the next table, which is table 12 on page 30 of the stability programme update. This deals with the technical assumptions on expenditure for the period until 2027. It gives core year-on-year increases. I note what the Minister said about this being the last year we will see core increases presented in this fashion, given what the Commission now requires. However, it does provide us with a core year-on-year increase figure for this table. Can he provide a breakdown for each of the years of these increases with respect to existing levels of service, increased NDP allocations and new measures? I assume that existing level of service, ELS, is still being calculated as 3% of core current expenditure. Can the Minister give us some detail on that?