Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 July 2017

Public Accounts Committee

2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 7 - Office of the Minister for Finance
Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2015
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 18 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Finance Accounts 2015

9:00 am

Photo of Catherine ConnollyCatherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I heard what Mr. Moran said and I am commenting on it. There was no reference to the lack of capacity in hospitals that inhibited a healthy society and how, in turn, it contributed to a thriving economy. They are all indicators.

Let us come back to specific questions about the national debt, to which the Comptroller and Auditor General referred. My colleague also went through it, as did others. We had a leprechaun moment where the national debt seemed to be lower than it was. The matter was brought to the attention of the Department of Finance by EUROSTAT. Is that correct?