Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 June 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: ESRI

2:00 pm

Photo of Jonathan O'BrienJonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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The Chairman reminds us at every meeting about the national economic dialogue to make sure we attend.

Professor Barrett made two points about overheating. I completely understand the risk of overheating due to tax cuts. That is one of the contributing factors. Professor Barrett said that overheating poses a significant internal risk. Will the witnesses expand on what exactly he meant by that? All of the other evidence we are getting suggests there is no prospect of the economy overheating in the short term.