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

We expect to have more clarity in a short number of weeks, certainly within a three-week period. We are working on the basis of the information we have. I think it is important to make that commitment, however. We do not wish to use any revenues we receive from those initiatives to enhance the fiscal position of the State. The purpose of raising those revenues is to help people struggling with energy costs and to help businesses. We have to work now on the basis of the information we have at our disposal, however, and finalise the budget we will present in 13 days' time.