Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 102: To ask the Minister for Finance if the proposed nominees of the Fiscal Advisory Council will have to go before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance for approval. [17204/11]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, the Government is committed to a wide-ranging agenda of reform in relation to its budgetary architecture, including the establishment of a Fiscal Advisory Council. The commitment is set out both in the Programme for Government and the Joint EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland. Details of the arrangements being put in place in relation to the Fiscal Advisory Council will be announced shortly. While the Council will be independent, it is envisaged that the Oireachtas will play an important role in relation to it. However, it is not envisaged that the initial nominees to the Council will go before the Joint Oireachtas Committee mentioned by the Deputy for approval.