Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Engagement with the Central Bank of Ireland

2:00 am

Dr. Martin O'Brien:

The risk is there, which shows the importance of what the deputy governor mentioned about the domestic policy we have within our own control and making sure it presents stabilisation from a macro perspective. Policy should ensure the tax base is broadened, net expenditure growth is in line with wider growth within the economy, and we are investing appropriately in infrastructure to build resilience in the economy going forward.