Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 19 June 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

5:30 pm

Professor Michael McMahon:

I do not think they follow as inevitably as the Deputy has suggested, but I agree with his broadest assessment. This is a difficult conundrum to be in and one we point out. This is partly why we talk about not being able to fix infrastructure deficits overnight. These are things that take long periods to solve. There is a section in the report - a box that talks about where we get the construction workers - but it is-----