Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

It is not my practice to divulge details of budgetary decisions in advance of the budget and I drew attention in my reply to various general considerations that apply to this area. I reiterate that I do not accept that the various different considerations to which Deputy Bruton referred do not stem from the travel tax, but from other commercial considerations that obtain in airlines, as well as from the general decline in world passenger numbers.

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