Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Examination of EU Fiscal Rules (Resumed): Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Mr. Sebastian Barnes:
I think that is true. It is all about transparency. Markets want to understand what they are investing in and having an independent expert body looking at it is very helpful in that context. Any government that appears not to want to have that scrutiny naturally raises questions. The UK is a very telling example of that.
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