Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)

For this budget, though, there are many different competing demands on the tax end. I am not going beyond the €1.5 billion laid out in the summer economic statement. In addition to some of the other demands and needs of which we are aware, we have a number of tax credits that need to be extended. Otherwise, they will come to a very sudden end. All of that has a considerable cost. I have to consider other issues in relation to competitiveness within our economy and whether tax policy can play a role back in it.