Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We welcome the investment committed to in the national development plan.

The sum of €91 billion in Exchequer expenditure up to 2027 is most welcome. However, it is a ten-year programme based on projections such as, for example, a 4% annual growth rate from 2022 to 2027. The Government seeks the advice of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council annually on projections for budgetary measures made by the Department of Finance. Was similar advice sought from the same body on these projections and investment over a ten-year period?

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