Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I welcome the Minister and his officials. I thank him for abbreviating the opening statement. I will pick up on one point he mentioned, which he also mentioned in answer to oral questions.

On forecasting, in the budget the Minister will project over a five-year period, to 2023. Is that right? There will be fiscal and economic projections which will encompass the full suite of measures, including growth, unemployment, debt, deficit expenditure, tax and so on.