The Committee was established to enhance the role of the Oireachtas in the budgetary formation process. The Committee reviews the macro-economic and fiscal issues that form part of budget considerations.

Latest report
Pre-budget report 2021
The Committee has published its pre-budget report for 2021.
Press releases
26 Nov 2020, 16.48
Budgetary Oversight Committee publishes interim report examining the parliamentary budget cycle
9 Oct 2020, 15.58
Budgetary Oversight Committee publishes Pre-Budget Report
30 Sep 2020, 11.49
Committee on Budgetary Oversight to hear from Minister Donohoe
Recent videos

Tue, 8 Dec 2020
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Topic: Post Budget Analysis, the availability of relevant information to facilitate Pre-Budget analysis, and what improvements could be introduced

Thu, 1 Oct 2020
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Topic: Pre-Budget Engagement, Paschal Donohoe, Minister for Finance
Recent documents
Thu, 14 Jan
Opening statement, Prof. Alan Barrett, CEO, ESRI
Thu, 14 Jan
Opening statement, Prof. Stephen Kinsella, Associate Professor of Economics, University of Limerick
Tue, 8 Dec
Opening statement, Sebastian Barnes, Chairperson, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council – IFAC
Recent reports
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
Interim Report on the framework for parliamentary engagement throughout the course of the budgetary cycle November 2020
Committee on Budgetary Oversight Interim Report on the framework for parliamentary engagement throughout the course of the budgetary cycle November 2020
Fri, 9 Oct 2020
Final Pre-Budget Report
Committee on Budgetary Oversight Final Pre-Budget Report
Committee contact details
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
D02 XR20