YOU report (September 4) that Finance Minister Brian Lenihan “predicted a year-end deficit of €3 billion in July, but has now revised that to €5bn. However, some experts said €6bn was more likely as Mr Cowen refused to accept any blame for getting Government figures so wrong in the past”.

THE Eurosceptic MEP Jens-Peter Bonde (Letters, April 28) is not correct in claiming that, in theory, a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling under Article 113 of the Lisbon Treaty can conceivably undermine our corporate tax policy.

UPHOLDING standards of accountability in the Dáil is critically important to our democracy — so Bertie Ahern’s decision to take action against the Mahon Tribunal in the High Court has to be seen in a negative light.

IF Education Minister Mary Hanafin confirms that Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) will not be upgraded to university status, then Social and Family Affairs Minister Martin Cullen must demonstrate his support for Waterford by resigning from the cabinet.

MINISTER Éamon Ó Cuív displays faulty logic when he says that to press the case for the inclusion of Irish among the European Union's official working languages would be inappropriate during the Irish presidency.