Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will take that as it is a related question. There were brought to Government, laid before the House and published in each of the past two years. There is a legal requirement but it is not a legal requirement that it is done on budget day. It was done at the end of the year in each the past two years. As the Minister, Deputy Donohoe said, we were faced with exceptional circumstances and it was difficult to forecast with any degree of accuracy. We did fulfil the legal commitment.