Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It was encouraging to hear other members of Cabinet and Government stating that in the event of the introduction of windfall tax, we would be looking at it over the totality of the year so that it would be retrospective. That is welcome.

I have another point in relation to something the Minister said at the end of August in an RTÉ "News At One" interview regarding such a measure being considered. He said that it would be done during the budget talks, which he has reiterated today. Has the Minister had meetings with the Minister for Finance addressing this in the budget? I know he cannot divulge their content, but will he confirm whether those meetings have taken place?

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