Micheál Martin: “I look forward to our strategic discussion on the EU’s global economic and trade relations, including with China.”

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

I believe that parliamentary democracy matters. People may criticise it and so on, but it's not a routine sort of service. It is the expression of the democratic will of the people in parliament. I think that matters, and that should be…

I do not believe the basis exists for industrial action. I don't believe the public should have to endure that, because there have been significant tax cuts in the Budget, which will help workers.

This budget can't be seen in isolation.