Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

----as she did not give me an answer in the course of my questioning the Order of Business, if the Government will accommodate an opportunity to debate properly the announcement yesterday from the European Commission on national draft budgets being submitted to Brussels for scrutiny and so-called peer-group evaluation by other member states. It is important that we recognise that this is a serious matter that can threaten the sovereignty of national budgets and, indeed, the independence of fiscal direction within this economy in taxation and other measures.

Some of us have argued for and others have given lip service to the notion of maintaining our independent taxation policy position. It is critically important-----

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