Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Irish Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance
8:05 pm
Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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That was not really my question. The differential in 2013 was so large that using GDP does not reflect the true state of the economy but, as the Minister mentioned, it is the measure taken in Europe with regard to meeting our excessive deficit targets. When does the Minister anticipate that GDP will eclipse GNP again?