Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am picking up Mr. Moran on the statement that the economy is thriving but to go back to the GDP, he is saying the Department is being forced to do that under the rules. It is difficult for me to understand that and then try to explain to somebody else that we are literally playing some type of game. Until now, we were not allowed spend money on housing because that was throwing money at the economy or inflating the economy; all of those words were used. Recently, I heard Mr. FitzGerald, who I understand is on the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council-----

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