Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am certainly happy to consider that. I assure the Deputy that in my engagement with officials in the Department of Finance, it is clear that they are every bit as alive to the risks we face and they are able to provide an independent assessment of it. I am conscious as I answer the Deputy that there is an institution which is independent of Government and which has a role in many of these matters, namely the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council. However, I will consider his suggestion.