Kenny: Govt 'not contemplating' additional budget
Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted that the Government is "not contemplating" a 'mini' or emergency budget.
Opposition parties have predicted the Government will be forced to act after growth forecasts for this year were slashed by the Central Bank and the IMF.
The Government's budget targets were based on a figure of 1.3% growth, and not the 0.5% now being predicted by others.
But speaking to 98FM in Dublin this morning, MR Kenny says the Government does not foresee having to draw up another budget before next December.
"The circumstances and the issues that dictate growth are outside our control in some cases," he said.
"But even in that report, the Central Bank made it clear that their projections would not affect the budgetary figures for next year.
"So we are not contemplating any mini-budget (despite) calls from the opposition."
