Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 September 2019
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Scrutiny of Tax Expenditures (Resumed)
Dr. Eddie Casey:
A lot of the precommitments are very difficult to reverse. Measures that were taken in a previous budget cannot be reversed unless legislation is introduced. Standard demographic costs have to be met. It is unlikely that the capital increases that were set out will be reversed. There is room for manoeuvre within the €600 million that has been mentioned, or €400 million as it may be now.
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