Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This is the same as previous assessments. I do not want to talk about the fiscal council and the valuable work it does but, after the passage of this Bill, what legal weight is on the recommendation of IFAC? I presume the Minister just has to consider it and that after that he or she can just put it up on a shelf if he or she wishes or can take the recommendation and implement it or tweak it. It is not, however, judicially reviewable or anything like that where there could be a situation in which the Minister brought forward a resolution, with IFAC having a very different point of view. I am talking about the legal status. I assume that once the Minister is satisfied that-----