Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Budget 2015: Department of Finance

3:25 pm

Mr. John McCarthy:

There are two components. There has been a 4.7% increase in GDP this year. The positive contribution from domestic demand is just over 3% and the contribution from net exports is 1.5%. These are ballpark figures. I can get the exact figures, but that is the order of magnitude.