The Tánaiste says the final budget figures will not be agreed upon until Tuesday morning – hours before it's delivered by Michael Noonan and Brendan Howlin.
Joan Burton's comments come as new figures show the Government's deficit is well below the projected target.
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If no new measures are introduced in the budget, the Department of Finance says overspending will fall to 2.4 per cent next year – beating the EU's deficit target of 3 per cent.
The Tánaiste and Labour leader says there's only limited opportunity to improve services and give workers something back in their pay-packets
