Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have had significant and strong growth from a relatively low base in the past couple of years. This percentage increase based on a three-year horizon is phenomenal. One would hope that the Government does not intend to use that short-term figure excessively to increase expenditure at an enormous rate and thereby add fuel to an economy that is growing. The Minister might tell us when this change was completed. Can he give some indication of the percentage increase in expenditure that the Government will facilitate in the budget that is to be announced in this House less than two weeks from now?

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