Micheál Martin: “Support for Hamas or Hezbollah is unacceptable.”

The rate of growth is declining. But to use words like ‘brutal’ is completely over the top, if you don't mind me saying so, and a gross exaggeration.

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

What we're witnessing is growth in expenditure.

I've made my position clear in terms of where I think there can be derogations, and there doesn't need to be a picket.