“The figures have to add up”, “stable”, “secure”. These were some of the key lines to pluck out of the talk from Paschal Donohoe on Thursday at the annual pre-budget event held by Scale Ireland. Every year in the weeks leading up to the budget, Scale Ireland, the tech start-up lobby group, hosts the event where the finance minister of the day is in attendance along with a wide swathe of founders, investors and corporates to chew the fat on policy for the indigenous tech sector. While last year saw Jack Chambers, in his run at the finance portfolio, attend…