Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Pre-Budget Engagement (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Cian O'CallaghanCian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
Link to this: Individually | In context

The comparator countries in that graph are Denmark, Netherlands, Austria, Finland, and Sweden. Is there any particular reason for that group of countries? I do not know where they sit compared to other European countries in terms of capital expenditure, but it might be suspected they are at the better end of it.