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

Photo of Neasa HouriganNeasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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Okay.

I would like to move on a bit. Regarding this adjustment path, let us hope we never see it. It sounds more like a partnership, working with countries. That would require somebody in the country who will work hand in hand on, for example, data analysis. Do we envisage that being the Department of Finance? There has been some suggestion that it might be the version of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, that would work with them. If it is a body like IFAC, would we need to reimagine its powers? What might that look like? Is that a significant increase in its role?