Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Summer Economic Statement: Discussion

5:30 pm

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

Yes, €2 billion. Therefore none of us on this side of the House know what the surpluses will be in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, which should be provided. It was provided last year, the year before and right back to 2019 and the years before that. We cannot go into a manifesto process, which all of the parties are doing and which the Minister's Department has opened up the costings for all parties to cost proposals, without allowing general Government balances. The question I ask is very simple-----

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