Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Fiscal Assessment Report: Engagement with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

2:00 am

Mr. Seamus Coffey:

It is in line with a 4% unemployment rate. If unemployment were to go back to more normal levels of 6%, 7% or 8%, we would see that level of spending rise.