Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 May 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Six Month EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Finance

10:45 am

Photo of Liam TwomeyLiam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Before I invite Deputy Donnelly to put his questions, may I ask Mr. Gallagher which body in Ireland will endorse the draft budget which must comply with the following statement: that the draft budget must be based on independent macroeconomic forecasts produced or endorsed by an independent body? Will that independent body be the Fiscal Advisory Council?