Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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Is it the Government's intention to stick to its 5% rule for next year in terms of core expenditure? Obviously, this rule does not include taxes, so there could be a package of €2 billion in terms of taxes and it would not include non-core expenditure, which last year was over €5 billion. In core expenditure terms, is the Government wedded to the 5%, even with inflation running at a significant level, about 5%?