Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If one reads the motion, the nuts and bolts of it are that this committee calls on the Economic Management Council of the Government to direct the Department of Finance to provide the same forecast data and the same briefing to allow the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform adequate time to consider the information in advance of the budget. The word "briefing" in the motion incorporates ministerial or official briefing. If the briefing is to be delivered by the Minister, I am fine with that, but I did not want to be too specific or to make this a political or set-to piece with the Minister for Finance in advance of the budget.