Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2020-07-16
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

We want to keep borrowing to no more than €30 billion this year. We will take in about €50 billion in tax and we will spend €80 billion. A €30 billion deficit is pretty huge. It may be the biggest we have ever had. We are spending a lot of money. We are borrowing a lot of money. That is the right thing to do but it is wrong to suggest the money is unlimited and one can just do everything on the list. One has to prioritise. It is not credible to produce a very long list every day and to add to it.

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Sitting date: 2020-07-16