Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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We are not in a position to do anything before then. The people involved in forecasting are watching all the movements. We see no reason to depart from what we have done in the past. We used to produce a Spring Economic Statement, but for reasons we all know it became the Summer Economic Statement. Given that it is a top-down view, circumstances change and the view changes. We will provide all the data before the budget or in the documents accompanying the budget and there will be new estimates of growth and all the vital statistics of the economy.