Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Question 87: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the risk posed to the Irish economy by continued high inflation; his further views on the resulting loss of competitiveness in the Irish economy and the significant number of redundancies particularly in traditional manufacturing jobs, and the fact that Ireland lags behind other EU member states on a number of indices including broadband provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10252/07]

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