Ireland's budget watchdog

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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Ireland’s climate action and the
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Fiscal Assessment Reports
Fiscal Assessment Reports
Long-term sustainability work
Long-term sustainability
Climate change research
Climate change
Latest
3 Apr 2025We are seeking a Chief Economist
4 Mar 2025Cost of missing climate targets report
20 Feb 2025Council holds its annual conference
20 Jan 2025Minister responds to our Dec 2024 report
5 Dec 2024Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2024
6 Nov 2024Working paper: consumer spending & card data
5 Nov 2024Finance Minister The Game
30 Oct 2024Ireland’s infrastructure demands
23 Oct 2024Briefing: the new EU fiscal rules
1 Oct 2024Flash Release: Budget 2025
4 Sep 2024Pre-Budget Statement: Budget 2025
22 Aug 2024Welcome Seamus Coffey as new Chairperson
31 July 2024Council seeks an Economist
31 July 2024Minister responds to our June 2024 report
5 June 2024Fiscal Assessment Report, June 2024
16 May 2024New Council Member appointed
23 April 2024Endorsement Letter, April 2024
23 April 2024Note on April 2024 Endorsement
26 Feb 2024Path for the Public Finances Conference 2024
24 Jan 2024Council letter to the Minister for Finance
24 Jan 2024Minister responds to our Dec 2023 report
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7 Dec 2023Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2023
7 Dec 2023Budget 2024 macro forecast endorsement
10 Oct 2023Flash release: Budget 2024
4 Oct 2023Climate Change paper
28 Sep 2023Endorsement Letter, September 2023
6 Sep 2023Pre-Budget 2024 Statement
8 Aug 2023Fiscal multipliers: the narrative approach
5 July 2023Prof Michael McMahon Acting Chair
27 June 2023Demystifying GNI* and productivity
7 June 2023Fiscal Assessment Report, June 2023
7 June 2023Analytical Note on Spending Rules
1 June 2023Ireland’s top corporation taxpayers
24 May 2023Ireland’s modified investment
6 Apr 2023Endorsement Letter, April 2023
30 Mar 2023A Sustainable way to fund the State Pension
28 Feb 2023Paper on Ireland’s Probability of a Recession
24 Feb 2023Path for the Public Finances Conference 2023
3 Jan 2023Strategic Plan 2023-2025
23 Nov 2022Fiscal Assessment Report, November 2022
23 Nov 2022Household consumption and savings note
16 Nov 2022Commission on Taxation and Welfare Proposals
27 Sep 2022Flash release: Budget 2023
16 Sep 2022The Fiscal Council at 10 Years paper
31 Aug 2022Pre-Budget 2023 Statement
17 June 2022Opinion piece by Chair, Sebastian Barnes
31 May 2022Fiscal Assessment Report, May 2022
25 May 2022Strength of Income Tax Receipts note
21 Apr 2022A Century of Taxation in Ireland paper
21 Apr 2022Historical Public Spending in Ireland Dataset
4 Apr 2022Endorsement letter, April 2022
31 Jan 2022Path for the Public Finances Conference 2022
1 Dec 2021Fiscal Assessment Report, December 2021
23 Nov 2021The path for Ireland’s health budget
18 Nov 2021Ireland’s next ramp-up in public investment
12 Oct 2021Flash Release: Budget 2022
30 Sep 2021Endorsement Letter, September 2021
15 Sep 2021Pre-Budget 2022 Statement
25 June 2021Fiscal Space Calculator
18 Mar 2021Managing high government debt
23 Feb 2021New Macro-Fiscal model: the “Maq”
16 Feb 2021OECD Review of the Fiscal Council