Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 September 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Updated Economic and Fiscal Position in Advance of Budget 2023: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept that. I wish to ask the Minister, Deputy McGrath, about the contingency fund that was allocated in budget 2022, where €7.5 billion was allocated to non-core expenditure. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council advises that some €2.5 billion of that is unallocated and that if decisions are not made in the budget, for example to do once-off spending between now and the end of the year, it would still remain. Is that the case?

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