Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Fiscal Assessment Report 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

4:20 pm

Dr. Donal Donovan:

I would like to make a very brief comment. Deputy Mathews correctly pointed out that one does not quite know if the 2011 prudential capital assessment review estimates will hold up in the 2013 review. In a way I am sorry Deputy Donnelly is not with us any more because this points out exactly the kind of unknown but not insubstantial risk that could arise if there were to be some fiscal implications, directly or indirectly, of additional capital needs. It is prudent for us or anybody else to be thinking about such matters. There must be a margin of safety.

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