Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 1 July 2025
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
2:00 am
Mr. Seamus Coffey:
On specific measures, no, our mandate does not cover individual measures. We look at the broad overall picture. For example, if spending is ahead of what is budgeted, should cutbacks be made? First of all, we look for more consistent and accurate budgetary forecasts so that we do not get these persistent overruns. We assess a budget when it is published in October but if by the time we get to the following year those budgetary figures have been exceeded by a number of billion euro, that assessment is-----
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