Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Irish Stability Programme Update: Minister for Finance

8:55 pm

Photo of Ciarán LynchCiarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Lent will be over next week and I will not have to include Deputy Mathews. I ask him to allow me to conclude without interruption. We may need to revisit that matrix.

I thank the Minister for contributing to a very extensive discussion. I welcome the support of the Minister's officials at the meeting. I understand that the report is to go to the Commission by the end of this month. There will be a new Commission after the European elections and we should see the country-specific recommendations in July, at which stage we might be keen to bring those recommendations before the committee in order to discuss them with the Minister.