Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

The Fiscal Council is responsible for providing an honest and independent assessment of how the Government is managing the public finances and the economy.

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Date News item
6 November 2024 New working paper “Estimating monthly consumer spending using card payment data”
5 November 2024 “Finance Minister The Game” and the new Budgetary Resources Calculator”
30 October 2024 The Council publishes new research on Ireland’s infrastructure demands
23 October 2024 The Council publishes a briefing on the new EU fiscal rules
1 October 2024 The Council publishes its “Flash Release” on Budget 2025
4 September 2024 The Council publishes its Pre-Budget Statement ahead of Budget 2025
22 August 2024 The Council welcomes Seamus Coffey as its new Chairperson
31 July 2024 The Council seeks an Economist
31 July 2024 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, June 2024
05 June 2024 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, June 2024
16 May 2024 New Council Member Appointed to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council effective 17 June 2024
23 April 2024 The Fiscal Council Endorsement Letter, April 2024
23 April 2024 The Council publishes a Note on the Endorsement of SPU 2024 macroeconomic forecasts
26 Feb 2024 The Fiscal Council holds it’s Annual Conference
30 Jan 2024 Programme announced for Path for the Public Finances Conference 2024, February 22
24 Jan 2024 The Council sends a letter to the Minister for Finance
24 Jan 2024 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2023
07 Dec 2023 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2023
07 Dec 2023 The Council publishes a Note on the Endorsement of Budget 2024 macroeconomic forecasts
10 Oct 2023 The Council publishes its “Flash Release” on Budget 2024
04 Oct 2023 The Council publishes a new Climate Change Paper
28 Sep 2023 The Fiscal Council Endorsement Letter, September 2023
06 Sep 2023 Read our new “Pre-Budget 2024 Statement” ahead of Budget 2024
08 Aug 2023 The Council publishes a new Working Paper on Ireland’s fiscal multipliers using the “narrative approach”
27 July 2023 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, June 2023
05 July 2023 The Minister for Finance announces the appointment of Prof Michael McMahon as Acting Chairperson of the Council
27 June 2023 The Council publishes a new Working Paper “Demystifying Ireland’s national income: a bottom-up analysis of GNI* and productivity”
07 June 2023 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, June 2023
07 June 2023 The Council publishes a new Analytical Note on Spending Rules
01 June 2023 The Council publishes a new Working Paper “Understanding Ireland’s Top Corporation Taxpayers”
24 May 2023 The Council publishes a New Analytical Note on modified investment
06 Apr 2023 The Fiscal Council Endorsement Letter, April 2023
30 Mar 2023 The Council publishes a new Working Paper “Saving for Ireland’s Future: Building a Sustainable Framework to Fund the State Pension”
28 Feb 2023 The Council publishes a new Working Paper “Estimating Ireland’s Probability of a Recession”
24 Feb 2023 Programme announced for Path for the Public Finances Conference 2023, March 30
03 Jan 2023 The Fiscal Council publishes its Strategic Plan 2023-2025
09 Dec 2022 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, November 2022
23 Nov 2022 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, November 2022
23 Nov 2022 The Council publishes a New Analytical Note on household consumption and savings
16 Nov 2022 The Council publishes a New Analytical Note on the Potential Impact of Commission on Taxation and Welfare Proposals
27 Sep 2022 The Council publishes its “flash release” on Budget 2023
16 Sep 2022 The Council publishes a new Working Paper “The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council at 10 Years”
31 Aug 2022 Read our new Pre-Budget 2023 Statement
21 July 2022 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, May 2022
17 June 2022 Opinion piece from the Council’s Chairperson, Sebastian Barnes
31 May 2022 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, May 2022
25 May 2022 The Council publishes a new Analytical Note on “A Bottom-Up Sectoral Assessment of the Strength of Income Tax Receipts”
21 Apr 2022 The Council publishes a new Working Paper and datasets on “Free State to Tax State: A Century of Taxation in Ireland”
21 Apr 2022 The Council publishes a new Analytical Note and datasets on “Historical Public Spending in Ireland: An Experimental Dataset”
15 Apr 2022 Webinar on new long-term public finances data and research
4 Apr 2022 The Fiscal Council Endorsement letter, April 2022
31 Jan 2022 Path for the Public Finances Conference taking place over 7th-8th February
21 Jan 2022 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2021
01 Dec 2021 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2021
23 Nov 2021 New Analytical Note on The path for Ireland’s health budget
18 Nov 2021 New Analytical Note on Ireland’s next ramp-up in public investment
12 Oct 2021 Read the Council’s “Flash Release” on Budget 2022
30 Sep 2021 The Fiscal Council Endorsement Letter, September 2021
15 Sep 2021 Read our new Pre-Budget 2022 Statement
19 July 2021 The Minister for Finance responds to the Fiscal Assessment Report, May 2021
25 June 2021 The Council launches its Fiscal Space Calculator
26 May 2021 The Council publishes its Fiscal Assessment Report, May 2021
25 May 2021 The Council will give a Webinar on its latest Fiscal Assessment Report on 1 June 2021
19 May 2021 The Council engages with the Committee for Finance, Northern Ireland Assembly
7 Apr 2021 The Fiscal Council Endorsement Letter, April 2021
18 Mar 2021 New working paper on managing high government debt
26 Feb 2021 The Council publishes a new working paper on the role of elasticities in forecasting government revenue
23 Feb 2021 The Fiscal Council publishes a working paper on a new Macro-Fiscal model: the “Maq”
16 Feb 2021 OECD launches its Review of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council