Michael Noonan (Limerick East, Fine Gael)

That is correct, and we do not know the starting position either. The Government has been under-spending the capital budget and it has been getting in a little extra in taxation for the first ten months of the year. If the race starts at €500 million, then up the line the €5.3 billion figure will fall a little and the adjustment will be smaller. It is like the secrets of Fatima until we see the tables on budget day. However, I would not take anything at face value from this Government because I have been misled too often. We will have to go through everything very carefully.

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