Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Stability Programme Update: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Robert Kelly:

This is necessarily our view the Leas-Chathaoirleach is articulating. It is not necessarily what we see that is potentially in non-core spending now. We would have to think about a pandemic support at this stage a number of years later. If we, and the members as Government, understand there are certain areas, households or firms that need support for a given reason, it is about moving it back into core expenditure and back in under the rule and being honest about it. Essentially, it is treating it as exceptional.

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