Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Are we not entitled to know the parameters the Taoiseach is trying to close? Will the Taoiseach confirm that he has moved away from the 9.5% figure he gave the Dáil with such certainty three weeks ago? Are we to head into this budget on 7 April as ill-prepared as we were for the one in October?

What will happen if the tax figures that the Taoiseach projects are worse in three months' time than the projections? Will he come back in here with another budget or will he go to the country?

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