Susan Hayes Culleton

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3,424 appearances 24 recordings 2 series first heard Nov 2025 last heard 3d ago

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Taking Stock · How Christopher Nolan is changing the economics of Hollywood · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

During earnings season. voice-verified

Now, this week, the Minister for Finance, Simon Harris, received a pre-budget letter from central bank governor warning that the underlying budget deficit could rise to £25.7 billion by 2030. voice-verified

But he also pointed out that the government's previous and upcoming commitments to public investment have the potential to have a transformative impact, but achieving value for money is difficult in an economy at full employment. voice-verified

So to delve into the challenges that the government faces as the budget edges ever closer, I'm delighted to be joined by the well-known economist Seamus Coffey. voice-verified

Seamus, as I read this letter, it is full of, we're doing great as an economy, but there are risks everywhere. voice-verified

And I've been warning you about these all along. voice-verified

Please listen to me now. voice-verified

And I'm summarising a seven-page letter there in that. voice-verified

What was your take on what we saw from the central bank governor this week? voice-verified

Right, Seamus, we've talked a lot about corporation tax and our dependence upon it. voice-verified

And at the very early part of the letter, I want to pick up on the five key things that the central bank says that Ireland needs to do in order to boost its economic growth, but also its resilience. voice-verified

And will you tell me how you think we are doing as a country, whether it's driven by fiscal policy or otherwise? voice-verified

He said, growing the supply side capacity of the economy voice-verified

strengthening the indigenous business sector to complement foreign direct investment, building fiscal buffers through prudent fiscal policy, supporting household resilience by enabling greater retail participation in financial markets and improving access to debt and equity financing for domestic businesses and working with partners to strengthen Europe's economic infrastructure. voice-verified

How are we doing on all of that, do you think? voice-verified

OK, but Seamus, people say that the problem on capital spending is not getting the money, but it's getting it spent because of judicial reviews or maybe construction related inflation or maybe the lack of skills in the environment or the problem around regulation when we're trying to balance environmental targets and population growth. voice-verified

Is it the problem that actually the money is the least of our worries here? voice-verified

Right, but I want to ask you about how to do that in the context of one very pithy line he has in there, which is, he feels as a result of the continued growth in domestic activity combined with near-term inflation at above 2%, and I quote, voice-verified

This does not support the need for a fiscal stimulus to boost demand. voice-verified

Will you decode that for me, please? voice-verified

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