Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

For some weeks I have asked the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste for the date of the budget. I cannot recall there ever being such level of secrecy surrounding the date of a budget. The closest I got to receiving an answer was yesterday when the Taoiseach stated the budget would be announced in December. Perhaps the Taoiseach will be a little more precise than saying it will be announced in December.

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