Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That would be very helpful. The Minister should also accept the Fianna Fáil Party's recommendation that, as the general election approaches, the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council be given the power to cost the proposals of all the political parties and Independent Members. To do so would be to do a great service to members of the public who will have to work out all the different noises emanating from the political parties about this or that being costed or not taken into account. Let the gospel be as per the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council when it comes to the election manifestos of different parties and the extent to which they are costed.

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