Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

Has the Government agreed a date with the European Commission for the submission of the four-year budgetary plan? If so, will the Taoiseach indicate that date? Is it 12 November, and when does the Taoiseach then propose to present the four-year plan to this House?

Second, in the course of his last budget speech, the Minister for Finance announced his proposal to introduce in the next budget a universal social contribution to replace the existing PRSI contribution. A report was published yesterday-----

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