Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Priorities for Budget 2019: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

IBEC puts a good deal of stress on competitiveness, which is everything in economics. The summer economic statement also emphasised the growing feeling competitiveness was slipping a little and that we were not developing as fast as we could. Does IBEC have precise proposals for how it would develop it?

When the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council reported to the committee, Mr. Seamus Coffey said there could be some scope for revenue savings with the research and development tax credit. What does IBEC think about that suggestion?

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