The interview is ending. For the previous hour, Paschal Donohoe has given a forthright defence of Budget 2022, swatting away criticism that it was unambitious in its vision and uninspiring in its construction. He has talked at length about the importance of economic gradualism, and the nature of incremental improvement for both the public finances and for society. We have explored the Zoned Land Tax, interrogated the various supports for business, and delved into what this Budget, and its successors, would have looked like in the absence of Donohoe securing the concessions that allowed Ireland to agree to the recent…

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