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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One-offs can make a considerable difference to the number of houses built. They can give hope to people. They can give vision to the country and bring change.

I will leave that for the moment and will ask another specific question about risks to the economy. The only serious challenge to the Irish economy mentioned by the witnesses was the much-discussed Brexit. What other risks have they considered? What other challenges face the Irish economy?