Ifac happier with Govt's budget sums but warns over Sláintecare and climate change billions

The watchdog's fiscal assessment report on October's budget submitted to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe

Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly and the Government have been called to clarify Sláintecare costs.

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) is a good deal happier with the Government's budget sums but is still worried about the lack of detail over the billions that will be needed to fund Sláintecare and in getting the economy ready for climate change. 

The watchdog's so-called fiscal assessment report marks its full reckoning of October's budget and the much-improved outlook for the Irish economy in the second year of the pandemic. The report was recently submitted to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.