Parliamentary Budget Office
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) provides independent and impartial information, analysis and advice to the Houses of the Oireachtas.
The PBO is a key source of financial and budgetary intelligence for Oireachtas Members and in particular for the Oireachtas Committee on Budget Oversight as it conducts ex-ante scrutiny of all budgetary matters. It is an independent specialist unit within the Houses of Oireachtas Service.
Latest publications
PBO, Post-Budget 2018 Commentary for the Committee on Budgetary Oversight
PBO, Pre-Budget 2018 Commentary for the Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Summary of Pre-Budget 2018 Commentary
Quarterly Economic and Fiscal Commentary
Director of the PBO
Annette Connolly is the director of the Parliamentary Budget Office. Annette was previously head of the Central Expenditure Management Policy Unit at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. She has overall responsibility for establishing, developing and leading the Parliamentary Budget Office. Designated Public Official under Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 See www.lobbying.ie
Supporting documents
The need for a Parliamentary Budgetary Office was identified by the OECD in its review of budget oversight by the Irish Parliament. The Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform, in its final report in May 2016, recommended that the office be established.
- Final Report of the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform
- Review of Budget Oversight by Parliament: Ireland
- PBO Initial Objectives and Services
- OBP Na Cuspóirí agus na Seirbhísí Tosaigh
Contact details
Parliamentary Budget Office
Leinster House
Kildare Street
Dublin 2
D02 XR20
pbo@oireachtas.ie