Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

With respect, a Cheann Comhairle, this is about the arrangements for next week. The Government put in place a mechanism for briefing the Opposition. I spent two and half hours on Monday in the Department of Finance, for which I thank the Minister. However, the Department of Finance later took me and Deputy Noonan through a set of scenarios, which it presented as the Department's scenarios. The ESRI, which is a Government funded independent think tank, has come out with a different-----

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