Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Statement of Strategy 2017: Department of Finance

10:00 am

Mr. John McCarthy:

We know now. We did identify the risks as being tilted to the downside. I still think that to be the case. I think that is the case for Ireland and most advanced economies. I think it is the case for the UK and certainly the euro area as well as the US. In terms of a public finance perspective-----