Mr. Eamonn Murtagh:

To reaffirm, obviously there have been increases in recent years. We have a very substantive equipment development plan, infrastructure development plan, as well as some very big projects under the Commission on the Defence Forces and the strategic framework. We have that big pipeline of projects which we are trying to progress over the next number of years. I expect the capital allocation will increase as those projects start to come through the system. What the Deputy is seeing is an increase. It was €141 million in 2021, or in and around that, and in 2022 it was €170 million. It has been increasing year on year as that pipeline of projects comes through. We obviously have to engage with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform with respect to what capital allocations are outlined in the NDP itself. The allocations have been agreed for 2025 and 2026. I am assuming negotiations or engagement will happen for 2027, 2028 and 2029 thereafter. We will be demonstrating, as part of that, the very substantive capital programme we have and that pipeline of projects that is there to deliver that over that period.