Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I will raise it with the Minister, Deputy Ó Cuív, and ask him to come back to the Deputy.

The economic and tax targets, as I said earlier, are commitments in the programme for Government but are based on the proviso that resources permit and we stay within the parameters established in the Stability and Growth Pact. The Government intends to stick to those fiscal targets. If resources are available, then we can do it; if not, we cannot do it.

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