Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

2:00 pm

Mr. Seamus Coffey:

In terms of engagement on forecasts, we have the formal endorsement function. Prior to the publication of the budget and the stability programme update, SPU, we are presented with the macroeconomic forecast of the Department of Finance. It is our function to endorse those or otherwise. In all cases to date, they have been endorsed.