Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Summer Economic Statement: Discussion

3:30 pm

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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The rules are that a significant deviation is 0.6% of the structural balance. Is it not the case that the European Union looks at the expenditure benchmark as the way to achieve a structural balance?