Government Using ‘High-Risk’ Receipts to Fund Tax and Spending Plans – Watchdog

Budget ignores spending 'speed limit' and uses ‘high-risk’ receipts to fund plans, warns watchdog

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council said the budget puts the public finances on a “worse trajectory” by “repeatedly breaking established spending limits”.

Government using ‘high-risk’ receipts to fund tax and spending plans – watchdog

IFAC: Budget 2027 Puts Public Finances on a "Worse Trajectory"

IFAC has said that the Budget puts the public finances on a "worse trajectory by repeatedly breaking established spending limits and increasingly relying on high-risk corporation tax".

Fiscal Council warns Budget 2027 puts public finances on worse trajectory

Budget 2027 has put Ireland’s public finances on a “worse trajectory” by repeatedly breaching spending limits and relying increasingly on corporation tax revenues, the Fiscal Advisory Council has warned. In its initial assessment of the Budget, the independent fiscal watchdog said Government spending had been increasing at almost twice the sustainable rate established in 2021. […]