Irish Fiscal Advisory Council appears before Oireachtas committee three weeks before unveiling of Budget
In the last budget, the Government announced a number of targeted social welfare measures including an increase to the Qualified Child Payment and increases to both the threshold for eligibility for the Working Family Payment and the means limit applied to eligibility for Fuel Allowance.
“Yes, we would agree that as set out in the Summer Economic Statement and given where the economy is now, we would assess that the stance is expansionary,” Mr McMahon said. The Irish Times had previously reported the council would voice criticism of the Government’s plans in its opening to statement to the committee.
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