Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

The Taoiseach has completely avoided the question I asked him. I listed key information that the Labour Party has not been provided with, including the definitive growth forecast for next year, the projections on which macroeconomic growth forecasts for the next four years would be based, the proposed adjustment for next year, the template for the four-year plan, the way in which the bank bailout money is to be dealt with in the Government accounts and the proposed savings from the Croke Park agreement.

The Cabinet had a meeting in Farmleigh and the Taoiseach has told us it decided that the overall adjustment would be €15 billion. Did the Cabinet have the information I listed when it made the decision? It would be extraordinary if it made a decision for a €15 billion adjustment in the absence of the information I have indicated. If the Cabinet had the information, why has it not been provided to the Opposition parties?

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