Fintan is wrong on public spending
The common view that Ireland underspends on public services is just not true
There is a trend of commentary in Ireland that suggests that insufficient resources are available to provide the level of public services that we require. This is not true.
Typically, this focuses on the amount of revenue collected by the Irish government rather than the amount of money spent. Recently, in a piece lamenting the provision of public services here, commentator Fintan O’Toole concluded that: “Proportionally, the Irish state raises only about 80 ...
