Further Coalition spending ‘unlikely’

Enda Kenny says that the Coalition is unwilling to increase its spending promises in the budget despite fresh figures revealing a continued surge in the economy.

He said that the Coalition would not blow the economy and that the recovery was fragile and could also be affected by developments in China and the US.

Opening the Fine Gael think-in in Adare, Limerick, the Taoiseach said the focus of the parliamentary party meeting was to discuss securing the recovery, the budget and plans for the general election next year.