Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I said we did not have a ten-year plan. In December 2004 the Minister for Finance said he was prepared to examine such a plan. The multi-annual programme only covered three years and there was no way to resource a ten-year programme because of the costs. However, now we examine the indicative costs based on the best assessments by the agency.

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