(1) Where, in any of the years 2024 to 2029 -

(a) the Government approve a recommendation made to them under section 9(4) that no payment be made to the FI Fund in the subsequent year, and

(b) the Minister, having carried out an assessment in accordance with section 26(1), is of the opinion that the deterioration, or likely deterioration, in the economic or fiscal position of the State is of such significance that it would not be appropriate to make any payment into the ICN Fund from the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof in the subsequent year,

the Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, make a recommendation to the Government that no such payment be made in that subsequent year.

(2) Where, in a given year -

(a) Dáil Éireann passes a resolution under section 9(5), and

(b) the Government approve a recommendation made to them under subsection (1),