Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

2:00 pm

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I remember ten years ago - at this time of year, not later on in the summer - when we realised what difficulty we were in. When we heard the language coming from the Department of Finance official when he saw the tax returns that month, everyone knew the scale of the crisis we were in.