Troika to question spending in Budget 2016
Officials will raise concerns about fiscal plan during week-long surveillance visit
![Maintenance works near the old ECB centre in Frankfurt, Germany. The Troika will raise concerns over planned Coalition spending during their visit. Photograph: by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images Maintenance works near the old ECB centre in Frankfurt, Germany. The Troika will raise concerns over planned Coalition spending during their visit. Photograph: by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images](/web/20151108141642im_/http://www.irishtimes.com/polopoly_fs/1.2420683.1446854361!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300_160/image.jpg)
Maintenance works near the old ECB centre in Frankfurt, Germany. The Troika will raise concerns over planned Coalition spending during their visit. Photograph: by Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images
The Government is to face questions from the troika next week over the scale of spending envisaged in the budget, amid concerns that next year’s fiscal plans are too expansionary.