Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Economic and Social Research Institute

2:00 pm

Mr. Seamus Coffey:

The Deputy has answered the question. It is not an area for us to assess. As a fiscal council we do not assess individual tax measures. There are different groups, institutions and bodies which undertake that. Our mandate is to consider the overall fiscal position and management of the economy. In terms of an individual measure, such as reduced VAT-----

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