Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
2:30 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I do not believe that will happen. The fiscal rules of the European Commission, of which, I note, the Deputy has become fond of late, make reference to exceptional circumstances. If we were going to spend that money in circumstances that were anything less than exceptional, my Department would not support such a proposal and the challenge to us doing so would be immediate.
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