Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The purpose of Question Time is to clarify those situations, and despite my clarification, the Deputy is seeking to continue misrepresenting my position. It was stated in this House by the Tánaiste, confirmed by me in an interview when attending the ECOFIN meeting the week before the interview to which the Deputy referred and has been made clear by the Government that we will introduce a Supplementary Estimate regarding that matter this year. A Supplementary Estimate does not impact on the current Revised Estimates Volume which has been published.

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