Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question is whether these savage measures will be included in a budget that the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, had the gall to predict today would be a family budget in all its respects.

While I am perfectly entitled to raise these issues on the basis that the Order Business specifically mentions statements on the budget later in the day, it is impossible, given the kite flying and media coverage of recent days about such cuts, to avoid that.