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
7:30 pm
Mr. John McCarthy:
We published a paper in last year's budget. I do not have the figures to hand, but we undertook an economic analysis of the jobs initiative in the tourism and hospitality sector and concluded that, on balance, it had had very favourable effects on activity and employment in the economy. I do not have the figures to hand, but the paper is available publicly. We can arrange to have it sent to the Deputy.