Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Mr. Seamus Coffey:

From the perspective of the fiscal council, the relative allocations between areas is not a matter that it is within our remit or mandate to discuss. We review the overall impact and total of Government spend. We have tried to highlight that changes should be upfront and transparent. If the health budget is increased significantly, as it has been in recent years, the consequences of that should be thought through. The allocation for health should not be provided on an unplanned basis, with Supplementary Estimates towards the end of the year.

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