Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 6 December 2016

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

EU Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs: Discussion

5:00 pm

Photo of John Paul PhelanJohn Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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We, as a State, can borrow money cheaper than we have ever been able to or will ever be able to borrow it in the future. We could then make a significant impact on that problem but we cannot do it because we are in a strait jacket.