Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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207. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to publish a stability programme update in April 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13387/17]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with the requirements of Regulation 1466/97, Ireland's 2017 Stability Programme Update must be submitted to the European Commission no later than the end of April.  It is normally published at the same time.

The Stability Programme Update (SPU) must, of course, be approved by the Government before it is submitted to the Commission. It has been the practice in recent years to publish the draft SPU following Government approval but before submission to the European Commission, and I propose to follow that approach again this year.