Coughlan refuses to provide budget timeframe

Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has again refused to provide a timeframe for the publication of the Government's Book of Estimates and the unveiling of the Budget.

Labour Party TD Joan Burton told the Dáil today that it was very difficult for the Opposition to have a sense of how the Government is framing the Budget, especially in the context of the Bord Snip Nua report.