Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Statement of Strategy 2011-2014: Discussion with Department of Finance

3:05 pm

Mr. John A. Moran:

The answer is simply "Yes". I note an awful lot of people also are saying it is working. Our job is to try to present a balanced view in this regard. The reason we are enhancing the economic team is to be able to conduct analysis. One thing that has not been done in the past perhaps is that this has not been shared widely enough with the broader public in order that they can comment on it. What is important is that everyone is working off the same set of basic facts, although people will have different interpretations of it. Our view clearly is to present to the Minister, to the Economic Management Council and, ultimately, to the Government, our views on where we think the mission lies. I do not think of this as mission impossible. I certainly think we have a difficult challenge ahead of us but I think we have made significant progress.

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