Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform
Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance
4:45 pm
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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There is a commitment to achieve a balanced budget over the medium term. Hopefully, we will achieve that point by 2018, but not necessarily so. We think there is enough growth now in the system to take us from a deficit of below 3% in 2015 to a balanced position.