Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 549: To ask the Minister for Finance the lobby groups he has met from 8 December 2005 up to and including 23 January 2006, seeking to make changes to measures he announced in budget 2006; what these lobby groups looked for; the changes he intends to make; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The normal meetings with lobby groups take place before the budget. I have had no similar meetings since then although I have met individuals, as is the norm for any public representative, on issues arising from the budget on which they have views. The Finance Bill 2006 will be published on 2 February and it is not the practice to comment on it, one way or another, before it is presented to the Dáil.