Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

On the question on the debate in the House, of course, the four-year plan should and must be discussed here in the House. The first instalment of that plan will be the budget and that will provide an opportunity for Deputies to vote on the plan because that will be the 2011 implementation of the plan. It is upon its implementation that it will have its effects. I look forward to a constructive discussion. Of course, it will form the basis and the context for the budget and for the other discussions that are ongoing at present.

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