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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council gives independent views on whether the Government's budget plans, economic forecasts and fiscal-rule compliance are sound. A council of that name was first created in July 2011, during the budgetary reforms that followed the 2008 financial crisis, and was only later put on a statutory footing.

Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012 established the Council. The Act came into operation on 31 December 2012 under the Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 522 of 2012).

14 spending records on file.

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2.8/5

56% transparent

Machine readable 0.0/1

Descriptions 1.0/1

Uniqueness 0.8/1

Supplier number 0.0/1

Supplier name 1.0/1

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Payment date^*	Supplier	Description	Kind	Publication	Amount
31 Mar 2022	Macrobond	Specialist Data Analytics Software Licences	Purchase Order	Q1 2022	€24,451
31 Mar 2024	Macrobond	Specialist Data Analytics Software Licences	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€26,196
31 Mar 2024	ESRI	Shared Services Agreement (SSA) Q1 2024	Purchase Order	Q1 2024	€32,414
30 Jun 2024	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q2 2024	Purchase Order	Q2 2024	€30,152
30 Sep 2024	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q3 2024	Purchase Order	Q3 2024	€26,224
31 Dec 2024	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q4 2024	Purchase Order	Q4 2024	€26,370
31 Mar 2025	Macrobond	Specialist Data Analytics Software Licences	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€27,830
31 Mar 2025	ESRI	Shared Services Agreement (SSA) Q1 2025	Purchase Order	Q1 2025	€30,345
30 Jun 2025	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q2 2025	Purchase Order	Q2 2025	€33,370
31 Mar 2023	Macrobond	Specialist Data Analytics Software Licences	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€24,455
31 Mar 2023	ESRI	Shared Services Agreement (SSA) Q1 2023	Purchase Order	Q1 2023	€33,678
30 Jun 2023	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q2 2023	Purchase Order	Q2 2023	€31,116
30 Sep 2023	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q3 2023	Purchase Order	Q3 2023	€31,439
31 Dec 2023	ESRI	Shared Service Agreement (SSA) Q4 2023	Purchase Order	Q4 2023	€31,713

^* Payment date may be the end of the reporting quarter when the entity does not publish an exact date.

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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

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