Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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176. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the total number of pre-budget submissions, proposals or policies that have been received by his Department for costing by political parties, interest groups and individuals to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42282/13]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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To date I have received one request for costings from a political party and these have been completed and forwarded, I have also recently received one request from an individual Deputy and this is being examined by my officials. My Department provides this facility for political parties and I am prepared to extend it also to individual TDs also, however, we do not provide costings for interest groups or other individuals. So far I have received in excess of 500 Pre-Budget Submissions from a wide range of sources, these are recorded and distributed to the relevant officials for consideration in the context of Budget and Finance Bill preparation.