Jack Chambers

‘Accelerated timeline’ for passing of Finance Bill to facilitate early general election, says Chambers

Coalition party leaders agreed on Monday night that polling day will be this year but not on an exact date

Tax rate on investments in funds should be lowered, Department of Finance officials recommend

Officials recommend that taxation on investments in funds be aligned with the lower 33 per cent capital gains tax rate

Finance Bill to be brought forward to ensure it is passed before general election, says Chambers

Once polling date is announced, legislation will be sequenced to be completed and become law before Oireachtas is dissolved

Fianna Fáil names director of elections ahead of key meeting between Coalition leaders on timing of vote

General election: Minister for Finance Jack Chambers will direct Fianna Fáil’s national campaign

Chambers pushes back on State role in flooding cover

With climate change driving concerns, a report estimates losses from a quarter-of-a-century flooding event would top €510m

Tourist chiefs seek spending increase to €450m

Industry confederation to publish manifesto calling for policy reforms

There’s never been a better moment for a new left alliance to emerge

In recent polls, a coalition of left parties has 28 per cent of the vote in the capital compared with 13 per cent for Sinn Féin

Nama to transfer sites for 4,000 potential homes to Land Development Agency

So-called bad bank has moved to take direct ownership of certain land ahead of its wind-down next year

Both Dáil and people of Ireland were ‘duped’ by Sinn Féin, says Taoiseach

Brian Stanley accuses Mary Lou McDonald of abusing Dáil privilege ‘in desperate attempt’ to shift focus off Sinn Féin

State may sell final AIB shares next year, CEO Colin Hunt says

European governments selling down crisis-era bank stakes, taking advantage of strong sector valuations amid heightened interest rates

Government bodies will have to accept cash under payments plan

Future contracts will not be able to include a ‘no cash’ clause

Chambers denies Finance Bill fast-tracked for election

Minister for Finance Jack Chambers says plan is part of a new EU-wide focus on medium-term budgetary policies

‘We are like farmers going into winter without fodder’ - restaurants to protest over increased costs

The hospitality sector will take to the streets on Tuesday over what they say is the Government’s failure to deal with the increased costs that is shuttering restaurants

Proposal to relocate RTÉ in GPO considered by Dublin taskforce

Taskforce report contains 10 proposals for initiatives to revive Dublin city centre

The €40 million pre-election gimmick no one asked for and even fewer need

Budget 2025 tax break for homeowners is hard to justify when the extra tax credit for renters costs €65 million

Chambers turns a blind eye to fibbing over local property tax

Why put up the inheritance threshold when 90 per cent of people have told the Revenue Commissioners their house is worth less than €365,000?

Other countries have not made claims on €13bn Apple tax, says Jack Chambers

Minister for Finance ‘not aware’ of any further claims being made on Apple back taxes by others

Budget was a missed opportunity to simplify Irish corporate tax code and ease burden on business

Ireland needs a business environment that is attractive and competitive, and having a simpler tax system that is easy to navigate is a critical component

Budget 2025 had more to say about AIB than AI

Chambers or Donohoe can’t be accused of perpetuating the hype swirling around generative AI

U2 drummer Larry Mullen jnr can’t live with work done on his Howth property

Plus: You can’t keep Phil Hogan down, trouble at Jack’s Hole in Brittas, and Ireland’s starring role in reality TV

Revenue nets €33.1m from cases involving rich people in first half of 2024

Tax authority sees jump in number of cases initiated

Chambers and Donohoe privately raised concerns around scale of child benefit payments

Budget 2025: Chambers and Donohoe cautioned colleagues about expenditure growth in once-off measures

In the room where the budget happened: how the multibillion giveaway deal was done over tea, coffee and custard creams

About €1 billion in giveaways was added in the final days of internal Coalition negotiations amid tense meetings against the backdrop of an approaching general election

Plodding Jack Chambers makes Paschal Donohoe sound like an unhinged Donald Trump

Radio review: With robust public finances allowing Ministers a Teflon complacency, the fireworks of old are missing from the post-budget airwaves

The Irish Times view on spending the Apple windfall: parties must set out their plans

The lessons– both positive and negative – that have been gleaned while delivering past projects must be learned

School phone pouches: Opposition criticises ‘grotesque’ €9m spend

Minister for Finance staunchly defends measure as ‘investment in children’s welfare’ and stresses international research shows it ‘has made a difference’

Budget pair tread softly around Apple

They didn’t even mention the €14 billion figure, perhaps not wanting to rile the tech giant

Budget 2025: Opposition calls for election as Coalition defends budget ‘bonanza’ in face of fierce criticism

Labour says budget was ‘all glitter and full of shiny gimmicks’; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has said she ‘wants to see a full restoration’ of barristers fees

Cost of Sarp tax relief for overseas executives who relocate to Ireland rises sharply to €48m

Special Assignee Relief Programme costs included €500,000 in tax relief on school fees

Budget will provide six-month sugar rush - but perhaps only incremental change on housing and health

Budget 2025: Will it alter our shaky trajectory on housing? Will it end emergency department overcrowding in hospitals?

We know the score as Bling Cycle shamelessly written to lift electoral spirits

Budget 2025: Chambers of Commerce Jack and Been-there-Donahoed-that Paschal cheerily served up a belly buster budget buffet for the voters

Whatever about the best country to be a child, it’s one of the best to be a finance minister

Budget 2025: No big new policies, no inspired plans, just more than €2 billion in a budget-day giveaway

Screen industry welcomes new unscripted tax credit and boost to section 481

Budget 2025: ‘Source of great pride’ that Ireland has international reputation as centre of excellence for screen production, says Minister for Finance

Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cuts

The final cost of living package will now come in at just shy of €2 billion, well in excess of the €1.5bn expected

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

Mansion tax: Auctioneers expect rush to sign off on house sales before midnight on Tuesday

Budget 2025: New 6% stamp duty rate on property values above €1.5m unlikely to derail pending sales

The Irish Times view on Budget 2025: Incoherent and short-termist

This Budget is a wasted opportunity, at a moment of rude economic health, to present a convincing, coherent, strategic vision for the future

All eyes on the general election as the jostling and shirking begins

Budget 2025: With the ink barely dry, the Fine Gael leader will gather his general election candidates in Dublin on Wednesday morning

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

Budget 2025: Who stands to benefit most from tax changes and cost-of-living measures?

Budget 2025: Double-income households earning above €50,000 each with three children to benefit most in hard cash terms

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