Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 84: To ask the Minister for Finance his thinking on the possibilities for better budgetary procedures. [13290/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I am currently examining proposals for change which could be implemented in the short and medium term. Any changes to current practices would need to meet best practice, improve both the quality of debate and the data available to the House on the budget, meet our obligations to the EU and be capable of being delivered within the existing budget timetable. I will discuss the possibilities for change with my colleagues in Government shortly and, subsequent to that, I will bring forward proposals which the House will have an opportunity to discuss.