Decisions on benefit uprating "should be taken at fiscal events and in light of the fiscal circumstances," he argued at the time.
Most of the economic indices of late such as the lowering of growth rates to jut 0.7% confirm the widely held view across Dublin and the entire Republic that 2012 is going to be another year of fiscal pain and sacrifice.
In such a loose monetary context today's figures are a great disappointment and highlight the need for fiscal expansion to support efforts on the monetary side.
When the Labour leader said no, a lowing sound could be heard, the noise of an audience uniting in sceptical rejection of the man before them – a reminder that one of Miliband's greatest errors since 2010 was his failure to debunk the narrative that blames Labour profligacy for the country's fiscal troubles.
Nationally, just 16% of 18- to 24-year-olds say they are certain to vote in an election and there has been a sharp decline over the past year in registration among black and ethnic minority voters from 77% to 58%, the Hansard Society's audit reveals.
Prices are down nearly 20% on their 2007 peak, but many economists have said the full decline will be 30%.
The global public will need to see that the post-2012 agreement clearly sets the world on a path towards the peaking and decline of global emissions.
There is heightened media and public interest in issues such as climate change and the Green New Deal – issues where the big three parties are way behind the Greens – and the party has benefited from the decline of Labour and the Lib Dems in the polls since 2004.
In the New York Times earlier this year, Paul Krugman wrote of an economic effect called "The Great Gatsby curve," a graph that measures fiscal inequality against social mobility and shows that America's marked economic inequality means it has correlatively low social mobility.
And even as public support for the death penalty is in welcome steep decline, back in 2011 the DUP called for a parliamentary debate to reinstate it.
The notes show he was going to attack Sturgeon on austerity by saying: "Your own plan for fiscal autonomy means £6bn more cuts in Scotland – that's extending Tory austerity, not ending it.
