Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I have two questions.

The ESRI recommended that in the event of there not being a no-deal Brexit, the Minister should go harder on carbon tax increases and property tax increases in the budget. I ask him to comment on that.

I note the comments of Deputy Michael McGrath, reported in The Irish Times, that Fianna Fáil would not push for the traditional €5 increase in social welfare payments across the board, paltry as they are, in the event of a no-deal Brexit. I ask the Minister to give his views on that subject.

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