Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

I will arrange for that to be forwarded to the Deputy.

Clearly, the question of the balance of expenditure and taxation is a matter of political decision for the Government and will be announced in the budget. As I made clear time and again, the scope for additional taxation is limited. The bulk of any adjustment in the case of the €4 billion must be located on the expenditure side.

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