Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Think tank assesses recent and planned hike in spending in the context of output

‘Help with the cost of living’ is what half of all respondents to Irish Times Poll want to see in the budget, more than twice the 24% who opt for increased spending on public services

Budgetary watchdog claims Government’s net spending this year will jump close to 9% despite its own self-imposed 5% limit

Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance on the challenges of putting together his first budget, which will include a €3bn injection for key infrastructure priorities

Top 1000: There are growing concerns the EU’s much-heralded Green Deal to decarbonise Europe risks being derailed

The Irish economy continues to perform well but there are potential speed bumps ahead

From bumper corporate tax receipts to job losses at a major multinational it has been an ever eventful week in the life of the Irish economy

No one would campaign under the slogan ‘To Hell With the Future’ but it is starting to look like the coming election will merit such a rallying cry

Budgetary oversight organisation claims Coalition is pursuing an ‘everything now’ approach to the budget which will add fuel to the price fire

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council claims Government is pursuing an ‘everything now’ approach to budgeting by simultaneously promising tax cuts and higher spending

Cork-based economist was previously chairman of the budgetary body between 2017 and 2019

Government will make additional €1.2bn available for health service despite almost 10% cost overrun so far this year

Summer school told ‘very low or no tax rates on low income’ is a policy choice that would be very difficult to reverse

Summer Economic Statement indicates tax measures amounting to €1.4 billion will be in October’s budget with additional spending of €6.9 billion

Your essential end-of-week politics catch up: Martin lets fly, asking Independent TD, ‘What planet are you on?’

About half the State’s annual corporate tax take – €12 billion – is now classified as windfall

There is a long history of governments tightening spending even as an election looms

Acting chairman of Irish Fiscal Advisory Council tells Oireachtas committee net spending is set to exceed the 5% limit this year and next

Watchdog’s warnings come ahead of tricky financial budget and possible snap election

Inside Business podcast with Ciarán Hancock

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says Government's current budgetary policy ‘not appropriate’ given strength of economy

Announcement comes ahead of appointment of new chair in wake of departure of Sebastian Barnes last year

New fiscal rules will make it much harder for finance ministers to spend recklessly

The cocktail called the “budget bonanza” features some reasonable pre-budget suggestions sloshing around with some very poor ones

Loss could be offset by charging drivers for road use by distance or congestion charges, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council analysis notes

Timing of the next election could be crucial in determining the outcome, and three options - June, after the October budget or early 2025 - are being mulled, say insiders

Slow pace of deployment of renewable-energy projects poses chief risk to State’s climate objectives, warns energy economist Lisa Ryan

Very high existing levels of national debt create vulnerabilities for the years ahead and must be taken into account for planning

Minister for Finance has scrapped proposals to cut the fee to be paid to the chair of the budgetary watchdog

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council estimates that electrification of vehicle fleet, retrofitting, and agriculture will be costliest areas

Ifac comments follow tensions about the budgetary watchdog’s criticism of the October budget

Department’s record exchequer numbers for the year just ended may be as good as it gets

An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues

The jobs market has held in well, but the economy slowed as the year went on with consumers cautious and a fall-off in exports

Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises

Regulator’s latest economic commentary paints a positive picture of domestic economy despite international headwinds

The ‘soft landing’ scenario is now the dominant economic narrative supported by most of the agencies here, including the ESRI, Central Bank and the Government, but will it play out?

We have been repeatedly told that the Fiscal Advisory Council exists to ‘institutionalise’ the memory of the crash but that aim clashes with the politics of managing the economy

McGrath’s strong response to Ifac, plans for third Dublin Airport terminal on McEvaddy land, Amazon data centres objector and Meta sparks row between regulators

The budgetary watchdog claims the Government is engaged in creative accounting to make spending look lower than it actually is