Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There are many targets in the programme. There are three relevant targets here: the 5.1% deficit, the consolidation target of 3.1%, and the issue of achieving a primary surplus in 2014. We must be conscious of these three targets. I have told the Members what I am prepared to do. We will try to bring in an equitable budget despite the constraints on us. We have done that, by and large, in the past.

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