Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 May 2023

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

Examination of EU Fiscal Rules: TASC

Dr. Robert Sweeney:

If a country provides a tax break, for example, that will actually constitute an increase in net expenditure. I do not see that it would be encouraged, because it is net expenditure.