Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

First, on the discussion on the budget we had earlier, when will we have the Book of Estimates? I was reminded during that discussion that it was a pity we did not have a fiscal council when former Deputy Charlie McCreevy was Minister for Finance. He used to tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Fianna Fáil leader what he was going to do in the budget at about 2.40 p.m. on budget day.

Second, on the issue of low pay, the Living Wage Commission has made a recommendation to the Minister in its report on a figure of approximately €11 an hour. The Tánaiste, Deputy Joan Burton, has said she is encouraging people to engage with it on a voluntary basis, but is there any way budget 2015 might incentivise employers to pay a living wage?

There was an extraordinary "Prime Time" report on a field in Dromahair located at the side of a drumlin which was to be the site of housing for senior citizens in 2009-10. It seems a stroke was pulled by some Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil interests which cost the State a lot of money.

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