The NERI is today appearing before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight. You can find our opening statement here. We make the following broad points: • We strongly support the prioritisation of government spending on infrastructure but believe that a more holistic approach should be...

Last week we discussed what is likely to be an expansionary Budget 2026. Given the strength and cyclical position of the economy an expansionary budget is the last thing we need. But this week I wanted to focus on what should be in the budget from a purely ‘sustainable economic growth’ perspective...