Michael Moynihan
Question:58. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials have been briefed on the ESRI report published on 11 December 2018. [53145/18]
View answerThursday, 14 February 2019
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A Special Article from the ESRI titled “Budget 2019: tax and welfare changes” was published on Tuesday, 11 December 2018. The article examines the distributional impact of the main tax and benefit changes in the Budget using the ESRI’s SWITCH model. Officials from the Department of Finance received an advance copy of the article one day prior to publication on 10 December 2018. This is in line with the pre-release protocol of the SWITCH Steering Committee. Officials made a submission to the Minister for information that day.