Watchdog could review opposition’s budget plans

The head of budget watchdog the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council said a body such as IFAC could scrutinise budget plans of opposition parties to probe whether their budget sums were credible.

Watchdog could review opposition’s budget plans

IFAC chair John McHale said that, if properly resourced, IFAC could usefully scrutinise the budget sums of political parties.

IFAC was set up during the economic crisis to help prevent a return to disastrous boom-bust economics.

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