Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 5 December 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Fiscal Assessment Report November 2013: Discussion with Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

2:55 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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For the lay person that is an interesting and sophisticated analysis, and I have no doubt it is very valuable, but Professor McHale cannot say that modest increases in nominal expenditure should be feasible post-2016 because as he has elucidated in his report, there are far too many uncertainties and variables. Would that be a fair comment?