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

Mr. Michael Tutty:

On the rainy day fund, our rationale for a rainy day fund is to avoid the booms and busts in the economy. We believe that when the economy is growing strongly and starting to overheat, possibly, we should put funds away rather than add to expenditure in the economy such that we then have those funds available when the economy has slowed down.