Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, everybody is very clear that the flexibility across coming years is very different from where it has been in previous years. They know there must be significant changes in the performance of an economy and it generates big changes in revenue coming in. They understand why there must be a change in the revenue-raising end of what the Government is doing to create the kind of flexibility that was there in the past. There is an understanding in that regard. I am in the middle of all this and with the people I meet there is a very high level of appreciation for the need for the current services to be based on realistic funding Estimates. That is evident to me now.