Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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What is the problem that the Minister's colleague has with managing the budget? When we look at the budget, we are all here to look at what is going to happen in terms of new measures. New measures of €3 billion have been announced, but there is an overrun of 50% in unplanned expenditure. That diminishes the budget in reality when the Government is not able to control the public finances in this way. It has happened year after year.