Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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Okay. I will ask my final two questions. There is a very big jump in LIHAF funding. Last year, only €20 million was spent on it and this year's allocation was €10 million. There is an extra €225 million in there.

That is a very considerable change, and if there is any explanation for that, I would be interested in it.

There were two areas of expenditure announced on budget day where there was some difference between the budget book and the Minister's press conference announcement. It is just for the sake of clarity. One was the total allocation for the defects schemes. The budget book seemed to suggest €70 million but the Minister's press release suggested about €100 million, so I would like to clarify that.