Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2019

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion

Photo of John LahartJohn Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Yes, but that is the case across Europe. We heard at the European semester that we attended that state investment has dropped, on average, by 20% in Europe since the crash because states cannot afford it. They are reliant on the private sector to get involved.