Micheál Martin: “We are anticipating fairly concrete proposals and ideas, and I think there is an opportunity for a European-wide…”

If that's not a platform for negotiations, I don't know what is.

This budget can't be seen in isolation.

Incomprehensible and wrong

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.