Net additional funds of €107,000 were approved for the Vote for the Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Parliament. The need for a Supplementary Estimate arose in respect of the legal and other expenses relating to the sub-committees of inquiry into the Abbeylara incident and the mini-CTC contract and the higher than anticipated number of former Members not returned following the general election. This led to the payment of severance and termination payments and pension liabilities.