David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With respect, that is not the question I asked. If the question I asked could be answered. I did not ask about the consequences. Are we calculating the fiscal rules on measurements which are less reliable in this State than they are in other states? I am not interested in the consequences. We have to work within the fiscal rules and calculate how they work in this State. We were calculating them on debt-to-GDP on GDP figures. Mr. John McCarthy just said they are less reliable in this State because of the extent of how multinationals locate here.