Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

The National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Bill has cleared Second Stage and is due to proceed to Committee Stage. Is it the Government's intention to have the Bill clear all Stages in the Dáil before the recess? Should the Ireland strategic investment fund include a major element of social and affordable housing construction as part of its strategy?

Has the Government fixed a date for budget 2015?

Budget 2015 will take place on 14 October 2014, the second Tuesday in October.

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