Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 July 2023

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Sovereign Wealth Funds: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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It would, yes. The future-proofing document states there are numerous examples of advanced countries establishing sovereign wealth funds to build a fiscal buffer. Are there any international examples of states establishing reserve funds or other forms of fiscal buffers that are stored in the debt issued by the same state?