Peter Burke: “I haven't seen an exact costing as of yet but it will be significant.”

I expect my department's report into Aughinish Alumina will be completed within the next 10 days.

The excise cuts can't go on indefinitely and that the Government had to take decisions based on the reality on the ground rather than the threat of further fuel protests.

I would be most concerned if any product is leaking into the Russian military complex, and as a State, we cannot tolerate that.

Government leaders are keeping all those decisions under review, and obviously a lot has changed over the last number of weeks.