Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance

6:20 pm

Photo of Timmy DooleyTimmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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We thought we were into a phase where the Department would engage constructively with parliamentarians who are attempting to do their duties. To be handed a document such as this one a couple of minutes before the witnesses come before us is unsatisfactory. I will not labour the point because everybody wants to get through. It is unacceptable, but for the benefit of brevity, let us move on.