John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome my colleagues, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Minister for Finance, and thank them for their presentations. I have questions for both. I will start with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and then move on to the Minister for Finance.

The questions facing any household in terms of money include how much it is earning or bringing in, how much it is spending, how much it needs, how much it saves, how much it owes and how reliable its income is going forward. Will the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform give a general overview of the outlook under those headings?