Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, for attending the committee. Its reports are helpful and packed full of information.

The requirements to get to a 0.5% structural deficit rate and reduce our debt by half over 20 years under the fiscal treaty are terrifying challenges for the economy. The council members are very pleasant in the way they put across information.