A report, in yesterday's edition, of the previous day's proceedings in the Seanad, wrongly quoted Senator David Norris as saying that the "economic snout was rarely raised from a trough..." It should have said "executive snout". The error occurred in transmission.
An article in last Tuesday's edition concerning measures expected in the Budget said that the current threshold for the Drugs Repayment Scheme is €85 a month. In fact it is €90 and the Budget provisions raised it to €100.