Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 April 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Chapter 1 - Exchequer Financial Outturn for 2016
Chapter 2 - Government Debt
Chapter 24 - Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

9:00 am

Photo of David CullinaneDavid Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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We might come back to that. I refer to the GDP issue in dealing with Government debt. Mr. Moran correctly said that it is not a reliable indicator for Ireland for various reasons. Mr. John McCarthy said that debt-to-GDP measurements in Ireland are pretty much irrelevant. Is that correct?