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There's a lot of chatter in the Irish news about 13 billion euros or
14 billions euros.

But how much is ?

Below are some rough numbers.

You can check their formulas and assumptions under the tab for ''
(top left) 

And, if you want to, you can change them!


is...

In tablet devices

  * tablets per person in Ireland, or tablets per primary school
    pupil 

In one-off gifts

  * x gifts for each person 

In Oasis tickets

  * tickets each for every person! 
  * Oasis might need to play gigs together in Croke Park at capacity,
    to honor this volume of tickets 

In bike sheds

  * bike sheds 
  * Using x  per shed, these can store bikes 

In National Childrens Hospitals

  * National Childrens Hospitals 

In Special Needs Assistants at a salary of pa

  * years of salary at this rate 

In heat pump grants

  * x heat pump grants 

In houses

  * Fully funded: of them 
  * Using an average occupancy of people: enough on it's own to house
    of the population

It's a lot of money! 

But for other context, it's of Ireland's total expenditure in 2023,
and of Ireland's national debt .



These back-of-the-envelope calculations are made using calculang: a
language for calculations for flexibility, transparency, and
communication about numbers.

You can check (and change!) their formulas and assumptions under the
tab for '' (top left)

This was a little, hurried exercise by Declan. Please don't use these
numbers for budgetary planning [?][?]

# CalcWithDec.dev