Department of Finance accused of  'undermining the parliamentary process'

One of the measures the PBO takes aim at is the extension of the Help to Buy scheme through to the end of 2024. Picture: iStock

The Department of Finance has been accused of “undermining the parliamentary process” and leaving TDs without “clear information on the consequences of their decisions during the tax policy process” by an independent Oireachtas body.

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) raised the issue in its most recent publication on the Budgetary Issues in the Finance Bill 2022, and said that the Department of Finance had only provided costings of some, not all, measures.