Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

There will be financial resolutions on budget day. The finance Bill will be introduced in keeping with the traditions of this House. I will not revert to an interview I did on RTE, but if the Deputy listened to the entire interview he might come to a different conclusion.

As regards the issue concerning Trinity College and UCD, it is not an amalgamation, it is an alliance. That alliance is based on the smart economy vision which was launched before Christmas to look at new opportunities for the economy and how this alliance has been formed through research and development co-operation. A number of initiatives have been proposed by the university sector, which can be considered in the context of any budgetary decisions to be made. I am sure the Minister for Finance will be more than happy to consider the Deputy's own budgetary proposals in due course.

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