More Gardai, Defence Forces and teachers are on the wishlist of cabinet ministers as work continues on Budget 2016.
Details have emerged of some of the demands government departments are setting out ahead of next month's announcement.
Next year's budget is expected to come in at around 1 and a half billion euro worth of increased spending and tax cuts, and ministers have already been told there's no scope to increase that total.
It emerged recently that the HSE wants nearly 2 billion euro more to spend next year, although it's unlikely that will be granted in full.
According to the Irish Times today, the Department of Education wants the money to recruit 900 new teachers, to cope with 'demographic pressures'.
The submission from the Department of Justice includes a request to fund around 5 hundred Garda trainees and resources to deal with deficiencies in areas like Garda vehicles.
They're all up for consideration by the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, who at this stage are still awaiting bids for funding from the Departments of Children and Social Protection.
