Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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I appreciate that. I have a number of other questions. I have raised for many years that there is no legal impediment to the earlier publication of the White Paper that comes out at midnight on the Friday before the budget. The argument has always been that it is crucial to feed the September fiscal monitor into the White Paper. That September fiscal monitor will not be available this year given that the budget will be brought forward by 14 days. Therefore, will the Department commit to publishing the White Paper early, in September at the latest?