Micheál Martin: “I will stress the importance of a strong EU-China relationship, as well as robust and effective multilateral…”

This budget can't be seen in isolation.

I was involved in these issues in the previous government and agreement was hammered out at that stage - an agreement was arrived at, and we want to do well by honouring that agreement on all sides.

We will be growing expenditure this year. There's no cuts here.

What we're witnessing is growth in expenditure.