Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Did he leave the costings at home or what? On the commitment given last year to have another 200 posts, we ensured this was done. In the context of budgets, when one is in a Government one is not in a position to discuss budgets or Estimates until everything is signed off. It is not correct for the Deputy to make the sort of points he is making or to make any assumptions in that regard.

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