Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

To answer the last question first, the Deputy will forgive me if I allow the Government to consider those reports first. As soon as the deliberative process has been completed, the appropriate documentation will be published.

The Deputy is wrong in indicating that we have a fiscal view that is only interested in balancing the budget. The first thing we did was get permission to use €1 billion in a job creating initiative. That is one of the first actions we took on taking up office. We have to balance the books. There is no question about that.

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