Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I want to clarify an issue that has been thrown at the Tánaiste on an ongoing basis. The Tánaiste spoke in respect of control of our public expenditure and the quotes are there for anybody who wishes to read them. Perhaps it might be reported to give a full flavour of what the Tánaiste had to say on this matter. She said: "We have made a decision on the amount of expenditure that we are going to have within our budgetary framework and we must remain within that and that is going to be very difficult".

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