Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

I understood from the comments of the Minister for Finance some weeks ago that there is to be a pre-budget outlook published by the middle of this month. Is the Government committed to publishing the pre-budget outlook for next year by the middle of October? In respect of the agreement made on a four-year budgetary plan with the European Union, can the Tánaiste tell us the date of publication of this plan? Has the Government agreed the date of 12 November with the EU Commission?

A report on RTE this morning, related to the period of time the Tánaiste was-----

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