Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 December 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Forthcoming ECOFIN Council: Minister for Finance

5:15 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus gabhaim buíochas leis as an gcur i láthair a thug sé dúinn.

I wish to deal with the Common Position on flexibility of the Stability and Growth Pact, which ECOFIN is to be briefed on. Obviously the Government was one of the architects of the Stability and Growth Pact. What is wrong with the rules now and what needs to be made more flexible?