Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)

In view of the ruling by EUROSTAT today that the provision of €4 billion for Anglo Irish Bank must be treated as part of Government debt and funded from the day-to-day budget, will there now be need for a Supplementary Estimate or a revised budget? This leaves Ireland with the highest borrowing of any State throughout the EU, which is clearly a reversal for Government-----

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