Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

There are many issues I could take up with the Minister. Given the fact Europe has gone into a double-dip recession, putting all the eggs in the export growth basket is causing difficulty, according to the figures. The Minister must have an idea of a tipping point growth figure, whereby if growth went below that figure, major difficulties would arise and a mini-budget would be necessary. If the Minister does not know that, there is a major difficulty because it is important that level of knowledge is inherent in Government. In the interests of transparency and clarity, will the Minister identify what the tipping point growth figure is that would cause such an eventuality?

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