Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 30 May 2019

Public Accounts Committee

2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2017
Chapter 22 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

9:00 am

Mr. Derek Moran:

The comment is on the aggregate performance of the economy. As I have already said, the economic fundamentals are strong. I could live to regret that statement but I have included a very strong "however" a couple of paragraphs later when I state that we face new challenges. Our role is to ensure, as far as we can, that the economy itself is stable, that public finances are stable and predictable, and that the revenue can be generated to address the real problems about which the Deputy is talking. I do not disagree with her in any way. As an Irish citizen, the idea of that homelessness is-----

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