The Fiscal Monitor
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Ó: An Roinn Airgeadais; Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
- Foilsithe: 1 Meitheamh 2020
- An t-eolas is déanaí: 12 Feabhra 2021
The Fiscal Monitor has been published as a single document since January 2017 and contains information concerning the Exchequer on the month in question.
All revenue and expenditure returns are measured against targets called profiles, which are set at the start of the year. The targets are based on forecasts published in the Budget.
The Fiscal Monitor covers the cash inflows and outflows of Central Government’s main treasury account, the Central Fund. Revenue items include tax receipts, non-tax revenues and capital receipts.
Expenditure is composed of departmental spending and non-voted expenditures such as debt servicing costs.
The Fiscal Monitor is published on the second working day of the subsequent month.
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Official Statistics
The Department of Finance has undertaken the Irish Statistical System Code of Practice for Official Statistics (ISSCOP) in respect of its monthly Fiscal Monitor. The main objective of the Code of Practice is to:
- improve trust and confidence in Official Statistics produced and disseminated by public bodies
- reinforce their independence, integrity and responsibility, and
- enhance the quality of Official Statistics.
The Department of Finance has developed and implemented a suite of processes to ensure that:
- independence
- timeliness
- accessibility
- quality, and
- confidentiality
are the core values upon which the Fiscal Monitor is produced each month.
To achieve this, the Department of Finance complies with the quality standards, procedures, processes and timelines that were agreed with ISSCOP, and published in the following documents:
Fiscal Monitor 2020 Calendar
The Fiscal Monitor is a monthly publication which is produced within two working days of month end.
Databank
The Department of Finance databank shows Exchequer Tax Receipts on a monthly basis from January 1984 to present. These data are all historic with the exception of the data from the current year and will be updated following their publication in the Fiscal Monitor.