Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 220: To ask the Minister for Finance the date on which he will publish the 2011 pre-budget outlook [35895/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Pre-Budget Outlook is usually published in late October each year in advance of the Budget. As the Deputy is aware, work is currently under way on the preparation of a four-year budgetary plan that will set out the measures required to restore order to the public finances and bring our deficit below 3% of GDP by end 2014. The information normally contained in the Pre-Budget Outlook will be incorporated into the budgetary plan. The four-year plan will be published in the first half of November taking account of the latest economic and fiscal data.