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
4:05 pm
Professor Alan Barrett:
No, I think the numbers are absolutely fine but when these things fall out of the system, fully interpreting what is going on is very complicated. The measure is fine but the interpretation of it is difficult and, from an economist's perspective, merging the various data, such as employment and GDP data, is complicated.