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

7:40 pm

Mr. John McCarthy:

Yes, we certainly have. Again, it depends on the type of investment. As an example, let us talk of examples of reductions. Suppose we were to reduce investment by cutting back on, say, the purchase of trains.