Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will come back to that issue. My view is that I have not heard a valid reason the SPU cannot be brought forward. The spring or, as it is now called, the June statement will update the figures in the SPU so the issue in terms of accurate figures is that they will only be accurate at a point in time. The idea of this engagement process is that we are looking at a continuum of information that becomes more accurate, with the White Paper being the most accurate information that is provided almost on the eve of the budget.