Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to talk about the definition that the Taoiseach used yesterday during Leaders' Questions in response to our request that he should subsidise child care. He said he would balance the books for the first time in ten years and that meant the Government would spend as much as it takes in. Is that the case? The summer economic statement suggests that there would be a deficit in 2018.