The limit of the tribunal's authority to pay out is $650 million. But one would expect that if additional funds were being appropriated, they would be appropriated as a result of the tabling of the report, soon after the incident, of the estimated cost of claims, etc. It would be expected that the tribunal would know fairly early on if there would be additional funds to be appropriated that it might then pay out.
On December 7th, 2009. See this statement in context.