Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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84. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council following its recent critical fiscal assessment of budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52477/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I assume the Deputy is referencing the Fiscal Assessment Report (FAR) as published on 28 November by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, in relation to Budget 2019. This publication is in fulfilment of the Council's legal mandate to assess and endorse the Government's macro-economic and budgetary forecasts.  

Although I have no arrangements currently to meet with the Council, I am in the process of preparing my formal response to the FAR in which I will address a number of the key issues it raises. As has been the established practice in previous years, this will be published on my Department’s website in due course.