Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Professor McHale acknowledged in the report that there is nothing in it to the effect that the fiscal advisory council believes there should be a 3% target. The projections are that the Government will hit 2% and the council is saying it should stay on target, which can only be read as that the Government should stay on target and hit 2% by 2015. Is the advice to Government that it should hit 3% in 2015 and ease off if it believes when approaching that point that it will overshoot 3%?