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

3:30 am

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will raise one final issue. The defence budget in the US is going to continue to rise, which means there will be more pressure on us to manage the deficit there while at the same time growing the economy. I presume that focus will continue because of the rise in the defence budget.

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