Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Cowen cannot have it every way. Fianna Fáil was jumping up and down when some of the budgetary details went out prematurely from my office in February 1995 and I resigned. A great deal of information has gone out since and nobody resigned. I will not fall into the situation of detailing what is contained in the budget to the Deputy or anyone else in this House in advance of the Minister for Finance making his Budget Statement. What will form part of that is the Thornhill report, which will go towards informing the Minister for Finance and the Government on the final decisions it has to make on implementation.

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