Income thresholds for student grants could rise to €150,000 per household
Government considering proposal to reduce VAT rate on new apartments
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
Budget 2026 will slow growth in expenditure seen in recent years, Jack Chambers says
Minister for Public Expenditure does not expect increases in universal cost of living payments to be included in plans
Government’s budgetary stance is too loose, ESRI warns
Economic think tank joins chorus of institutions warning about government spending
Central Bank warns State spending not sustainable
Central Bank of Ireland sounds alarm on Government’s €9.4bn budget plan
What’s the point of party think-ins when the same social problems persist?
Participants will undoubtedly focus on the presidential election campaign, which is a short-term diversion from long-standing and worsening social issues
Diarmaid Ferriter on Speaking My Mind by Leo Varadkar: Jaunty but superficial and lazy at times
Former taoiseach provides gossip and entertaining titbits but displays detachment about matters of substance
Government ‘flying blind’ on budgetary policy, says Irish budget watchdog
Budget 2025 forecast a €3bn increase in overall spending, but actual spending this year is likely to rise by €7.6bn - Ifac
Spending overrun likely to top €2.5bn this year, watchdog warns
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says spending in departments of education, justice and children growing at three times budgeted rates
If we want fairer wealth distribution in Ireland, we need to tax property properly
As families have become smaller and household wealth has risen, inherited wealth can drive growing inequality in our society
Searing summer may be telling us the race to halt global warming is lost
As summer prepares to depart this island, it is tempting to hope for more next year - but other Europeans are planning for worse extremes
Cash not the issue for Government but how to spend it wisely is, Ifac boss told in briefing
Séamus Coffey’s officials expected budget oversight committee to focus on Apple tax windfall priorities, migration costs and health service spending
Twenty-five years on, Ireland’s economy still remains suspended between Boston and Berlin
New research shows that we are closer to the UK and Canada when it comes to taxation and Government spending than to Europe or the US
Ireland on course for record tax year despite US tariff threat
Corporation tax receipts jump almost fourfold in July, but spending is tracking almost €5bn ahead of this time last year
Ireland is a low tax, low spend economy relative to EU peers due to young population
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Ireland economically closer to ‘Boston than Berlin’, driven by its young population, notes Ifac report
Research suggests State a relatively low-tax, low-spend country compared to European peers, due to demographics
Government’s spending overruns amount to ‘poor planning’, Fiscal Council says
Budgetary watchdog assails Government’s projections
State set to devote extra funds to big projects, but where is the money coming from?
Cost-of-living supports almost certainly ruled out of next budget due to funding concerns
State urged to target five or six ‘crucial’ infrastructure projects
Failure to action Greater Dublin Drainage project will stall necessary new housing in north Dublin, MacGill summer school hears
Ireland’s €156bn tax windfall: Where has it gone?
Most of the excess receipts from corporate tax have disappeared into the budgetary ether, in some cases to overruns in Health
UK desperate to stay inside fiscal rules, Ireland couldn’t care less
After big U-turns, Starmer and Reeves have boxed themselves into a corner
Ireland’s water infrastructure now main block on growth, committee hears
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council flags State’s oversubscribed water infrastructure as key risk
The D4 farmers: Why the rich are buying up land to avoid inheritance tax
Rules to limit use of relief for tax planning are on the way but have not yet been activated
‘We’ve dropped the ball’: Ireland’s housing targets will be missed because the water, electricity and roads required can’t be delivered
Badly needed scaling up of house-building is threatened by transport and utilities projects stuck in the planning pipeline. What is to be done?
Resilient economy gives reason for optimism despite Central Bank’s ‘extreme’ scenario
Regulator lays out how US tariffs might hit Ireland’s export-led, multinational-heavy economy
Micheál Martin and Paschal Donohoe are responsible for this Government’s lethargy
They have power, but seem unwilling to introduce cultural change and fiscal discipline
Onerous regulations frustrating delivery of infrastructure, NED told
High level of bureaucracy blocking delivery of projects, Dublin Chamber’s Aebhric McGibney says
Failure of EU-US trade talks would have immediate ramifications for budget, Taoiseach warns
Martin fails to rule out tax breaks for developers to boost apartment building
Local property tax bands and rates set to be changed to stave off big increases
Changes are being introduced to mitigate effects rising property values have on tax bills
Fiscal council predicts another surge in corporation tax
Budgetary watchdog also warns Government spending plans lack credibility
Corporate tax receipts forecast to rise despite Trump tariff threat
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says forecasts for tax come with upside risks
Analysis: There is no hiding place from latest EPA data on greenhouse gases
Do we want to spend our money on fines or ensure Ireland becomes climate resilient?
Government delays Spring economic statement amid tariff uncertainty
Department of Finance had been expected to publish its annual performance report this week
Five ways to slash Ireland’s looming multi-billion euro climate fines
Two advisory councils outline gross failures to face up to climate realities
Ireland risks fine of up to €26bn if EU-agreed climate targets missed
Report by Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and Climate Change Advisory Council sets out potential costs for State
Builders engaging senior counsel at outset of projects in anticipation of substantial legal challenges – Ifac
Economist Niall Conroy says ‘big step change’ needed to double number of homes being delivered
Ireland ‘lagging’ behind other countries on infrastructure, watchdog says
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council calls for enough construction workers to deliver projects
Buoyed by Apple tax, Ireland’s €34 billion cash pile brings both opportunity and temptation
The corporate tax windfall will pay for massive investment in national infrastructure, but what happens if the tide turns? That is the dilemma for those negotiating a new government programme
Ireland’s economic future is bright, apart from a housing crisis, a sick health service and Donald Trump
A negative cost/price dynamic is alienating consumers and pushing many businesses to the brink
Why Ireland may face a €20 billion bill if we fail to meet climate goals
2030 is a significant date on the road to carbon neutrality
We’re heading for the second biggest fiscal disaster in the history of the State
The idea that the Green Party was making us all go too far too fast is the exact opposite of the truth
Political parties try to reconcile policy with promises
Incoming administration is lacking in neither cash nor advice if exchequer returns, the OECD and Ifac are to be believed
Fiscal council says government spending has ‘lost its anchor’
State’s budgetary watchdog says ramp-up in spending has put public finances on a potentially unsustainable trajectory
OECD warns Ireland that investment projects need to be ‘carefully sequenced’
While large investments in housing, transport and energy are needed, the Irish economy faces capacity constraints, especially in terms of labour and skills
Parties’ general election manifestos struggle to make the figures add up
Missing aggregate cost figures for all of any political party’s promises would highlight the gap between ambition and prudence
Up to 80,000 extra workers needed to address housing crisis, fiscal council says
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report identifies huge shortfall in labour across housing, healthcare, transport and energy sectors
EU’s new fiscal rules pose risk to public finances - Ifac
Budgetary watchdog will warn Ireland likely to avoid any financial scrutiny under revamped version of fiscal rules
Parents of babies born in December to receive treble child benefit payment
Budget 2025: Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald challenges Taoiseach to ‘bring it on’ and name general election date
Was the budget designed to help the country’s poorest children or those of the richest?
Budget 2025: Spending the same amount cutting inheritance tax as went to permanent payments targeted at the poorest children was an odd choice
Budget 2025: ‘Bonanza’ budget that pumps billions into economy repeats Ireland’s past mistakes, State watchdog warns
Spending boost set ‘to stoke inflation’, adding an estimated €1,000 to cost of a typical household’s yearly outgoings
Corporation tax receipts forecast to swell to €37bn a year by 2030
Budget 2025: Forecast for corporation tax made in annual economic and fiscal outlook, published by Department of Finance
There was only ever one priority in Budget 2025 - to woo voters and win the general election
Budget 2025: Around €2bn will be disbursed to rich and poor alike
Budget 2025 will cost €10bn and make you roughly €1,000 richer. But it’s not all sorted yet
The projected €10 billion plus package of permanent and temporary measures is expected to put up to €1,000 in the pocket of the average worker
Acceleration in public spending is sustainable, ESRI says
Think tank assesses recent and planned hike in spending in the context of output
No guarantee voters will be grateful if Government bungs them money in the budget
‘Help with the cost of living’ is what half of all respondents to Irish Times Poll want to see in the budget, more than twice the 24% who opt for increased spending on public services
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