Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach
The Impact of Tariffs on the Irish Economy: Nevin Economic Research Institute
2:40 am
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
I have two further questions. On the issue of saving for countercyclical infrastructure investment, is there an issue with that in the context of timelines for infrastructure? If we are to save for a downturn, trying to align that spend with the downturn in terms of getting through all of the processes would be very tricky. It is a good theory but the actual practice is problematic. Is that fair to say?
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