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

Photo of Edward TimminsEdward Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In the opening statement, the phrase "pumped money into an economy" was used. Is the council referring to cost of living expenses there? In the same paragraph, a deficit of €2,500 per worker is referred to. Is that the underlying deficit I referred to earlier, of €4.2 billion this year and €6.4 billion next year?