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

I will not be provoked and will resist the temptation. The best thing I can commit to is ensuring there is a full debate. The Spring Economic Statement will become a summer statement and it should be ready by June. There will be a full debate in the House. I am providing all the text papers to the finance committee so that there will be a full debate on taxation at that point, in advance of the budget.

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