Tax Increases And Spending Cuts Will Be Needed By The Next Government To Help Economic Recovery

That's according to the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

The Sunday Independent reports the organisation's also critical of proposals by the Fianna Fáil leader not to increase the pension age to 67 next year, as it could cost an extra 600 million per year.

The government has spent 13 billion euro so far on emergency measures during the Covid-19 crisis.