Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 16 February 2022
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Indexation of Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Joe Cullen:
I think that is a policy choice for the Government of the day. It is possible, with the approval of the Oireachtas, to change legislation, but in practice it can be a cumbersome process, as compared with changing a set of guidelines that are non-statutory. There is no overriding set of principles that state it should be one or the other.