Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The Tánaiste has not clarified the position. I seek a final clarification from her. Did I hear of and read yesterday a statement from the Department of Finance? Did the Minister for Finance tell us on television that there was a €1.5 billion deficit in Government income at this point in the year? Did I hear that this would require adjustments, savings, cutbacks or whatever one may wish to call them? Will these cutbacks be due to the extent of the deficit? Will the Government deal with the deficit through adjustments, cutbacks and Supplementary Estimates?

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