Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In future if there are to be on-off other items this should be made clear in the documentation presented to the Oireachtas on budget day. It took parliamentary questions over the following ten days to even elucidate these matters.

Would it assist the long-term well-being of our banks if the Central Bank were to publish its detailed assessment of the banks' assets quality? Is there room for tax cuts in the next year or two? The Government receives the views of the fiscal advisory council into account but I do not think it ever fully implements the council's final recommendations. Is it the norm in other EU countries that the advice of a fiscal council is noted but not implemented?