Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

If it has not been fully examined and an alternative means of bringing in funding is not found by the time of the budget, will the Government look at what I am proposing for the budget itself? If it is to be a tax, can it be dealt with by the Minister for Finance in his presentation to the Dáil? This can then guarantee that the income will not be deduced, as I said earlier.

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