Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 March 2022

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny: Economic and Social Research Institute

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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My follow-up question comes from a more domestic perspective. We saw a significant failure to spend in terms of our capital allocations over the past couple of years. Covid was the cause of some of that but we have talked a lot about capacity within various sectors. I presume some of the effects of the Ukraine-Russia crisis will impact that capacity issue as well and supply. Does Dr. McQuinn believe we have the capacity to spend our capital allocations in 2022 and 2023?