Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 11 June 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Mr. Seamus Coffey:

We are still waiting for some clarity on this. The figures have not been out for long. They will hopefully be reflected in updated figures from the Department of Finance as we progress through the year, especially for 2019. Communication with the CSO has indicated that these are some areas where there is a difference between what the Department of Finance showed in October, towards the end of the year, and what the CSO has published for the full year. These are areas where savings that were expected to materialise did not materialise and spending turned out to be higher than was built into the figures.