Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Fiscal Assessment Report November 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
2:00 pm
Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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Is there not a considerable risk in parties not coming forward with sustainable proposals? For example, I made a budget submission to the Minister for Finance which proposed a €4.5 billion package, as I am sure did other groups and parties. I balanced that budget with sustainable proposals, including equalisation of diesel and a few proposals around, for example, stamp duty, which are some of the areas which the witnesses have focused on. Along with Brexit, which is a nightmare, sustainability is a risk as well.