Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

It is being done before Christmas this year because it has been agreed with the EU and the IMF that it should be done before Christmas. Presumably, the date on which the finance Bill will be introduced has already been communicated to the EU and the IMF. They know when the finance Bill will be introduced. We are entitled to know when the finance Bill will be introduced and on what date the Dáil is to be reconvened. Let us have less of the vagueness from the Tánaiste and more straightness with the Dáil.

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