Caít Keane (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the spring statement because often the Government is accused of doing business on the hoof or as a result of lobbying. A projected spring statement is common in other European countries, such as France and Britain. We are part of the European Union where monetary decisions are made, not on a year-to-year basis but on a planned projected basis over three to five years. That is the way good sound economy-based principles are advocated and that is the way the Government is doing it. In the €1.5 billion fiscal space we will have, there is opportunity. I ask the Leader to ensure we too get an opportunity to put forward our proposals for the fiscal space that has been announced today.

I was at a presentation in the audiovisual room on the national postcode system for Ireland, which I welcome. When it was first announced two or three years ago, I brought up the issue of my area of Dublin 6 west. I am glad to learn that in the Dublin 6W unique to each address, the "W" is allowed for only in the Dublin 6 west area. I welcome that wholeheartedly because I had been making representations on it.