Budget 2021 is 'next phase' of response to Covid-19

Budget 2021 comes against an "exceptionally difficult" economic backdrop, says Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

A recovery fund will form a "key plank" of the Budget, the Finance Minister will tell TDs at a committee on budgetary oversight on Thursday.

Paschal Donohoe will appear before the committee ahead of the budget, due in under two weeks.