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 a lot of questions there. On housing, we do not look at the details of such measures like different methods of delivery. Obviously, it is helpful to the sustainability of the public finances if things are delivered in a more, rather than a less, cost-effective way because that reduces pressure and create space to do other things. We have not looked at that specifically. It is obviously unhelpful when things are driven by attempts to game the fiscal rules. Things should be judged on their own merits.