Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 13 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Mr. Sebastian Barnes:

There are some proposals that would just exempt green spending from the rules. That does not make sense. You can think about maybe whether you modify the rules in light of green spending, but simply excluding it is too crude because it has to fit into the overall package of the public finances. That is very important.