Budget day looms amid first hints of uncertainty over corporation tax
Department admits that while business tax take will rise this year, it will not meet even recent forecasts
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‘State bodies need to know they are being watched’: Government TD launches public spending site
Backbencher wants to create ‘panopticon’ for State entities and says Taoiseach approves
Budget 2027: Measures on pensions, welfare, income tax and more take shape
Continued acrimony in some quarters on Friday evening as many departments moved towards settling their budget
Budget builders: the money Ministers who are two sides of the same coin
As they finalise Budget 2027, young-career politicians Simon Harris and Jack Chambers are getting on better than some expected
Budget talks enter ‘banging fists on the table’ phase – metaphorically at least
Inside Politics: Meanwhile, Brexit is back and the Drumcree stand-off continues
‘Literally unbelievable’: Ministers get ‘a kicking’ from Chambers’s team as budget talks near end
Jack Chambers fights to meet 6 per cent limit on increases, with Ministers complaining bitterly
Public sector unions reject Jack Chambers’ call to enter talks as disagreement remains
Work-to-rule among large portions of civil and public service began on Wednesday
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Public sector workers refusing to enter talks on pay deal, Chambers says
More than 100,000 civil and public servants commenced a work-to rule on Wednesday
The Irish Times view on Ireland’s education system: a detailed comparison with some surprises
Despite spending less than the OECD average, its educational outcomes are impressive
HSE financial ‘imbalance’ at start of year contributed to problems, says chief executive
Anne O’Connor tells staff substantial savings planned for 2025 not delivered and then carried into this year
What businesses would like to see in Budget 2027
Top 1000: Across all sectors of the economy, lowering the tax burden on work stands out as a key ask, as well relief on energy costs and supports for investment and entrepreneurship
Government to authorise new funding as €700m agreed in April runs out
Ministers told no longer sufficient funds to pay for measures agreed by Ministers over recent months
Our tax take used to be reliant on three companies. Now it hinges on one weight-loss drug
Ten years ago our total spending was half what it is now. And still we proceed with increase after increase
Inside Budget 2027: ‘The meeting was brutal’ - the tensions on the road to new spending package
In 10 days Simon Harris and Jack Chambers will present their budget – in Government back rooms the horse-trading with fellow Ministers is in full swing
Excise cuts on petrol and diesel could be extended ‘into early spring’
A continued lower carbon tax on home heating oil is an ‘absolute consideration’, Jack Chambers says
‘Nikita Hand should be the national treasure. Not him’: A rare moment of Dáil unity
Ivana Bacik called for an increase in the level of support for victims of domestic violence
Trade union balloting is ‘only delaying’ public sector pay deal, Jack Chambers says
Provision will be made in budget for new deal despite the lack of agreement, Minister says
Harris points to jobs, housing supports after poll shows young people considering leaving
Tánaiste defends record while acknowledging ‘real challenges and pressures’
Government to consider €3m ‘safe fund’ for women urgently fleeing domestic violence
Labour leader tells Dáil a quick escape can be difference ‘between a life saved and a life lost’
Big progress made in removing obstacles to critical projects, infrastructure tsar says
Former Glen Dimplex chief executive Sean O’Driscoll says the Government has delivered on plans
Irish footballers should abandon match against ‘baby killers’, TD tells Dáil
Paul Murphy calls on team to ‘do the right thing’ by refusing to fulfil Israel fixture on Sunday
Patients would contribute more for drugs under proposed policy
New recruitment and spending restrictions to be introduced in health service in coming days amid Government concern at €700m overrun
Ageing parents of adults with disabilities say: ‘I hope they go before me’
TD highlights ‘cruel and heartless’ crisis management system to provide residential care only after parent’s death
Pressure unusually high on Simon Harris and Jack Chambers for budget they dare not mess up
Inside Politics: Junior minister to attend gala dinner in New York to celebrate the deceleration of sea-level rises
‘You shouldn’t impoverish yourself because you think you need to leave money for your kids’
Better with Money with Aideen Finnegan
Budget 2027 to include an income tax package worth ‘hundreds’ to workers
Minister for Finance flags tax package worth ‘hundreds’ to workers but warns of limit to what Government can do
Workers’ demands for a cost-of-living package won’t be easily dismissed
Jack Chambers and Micheál Martin are giving mixed messaging on social partnership
Good cop, bad cop: Harris and Chambers toy with electorate ahead of budget
Government’s income tax package could be worth as little as €10 a month to the average worker
Expect things to get fractious during new Dáil term amid wrestling for budget allocations
Inside Politics: Micheál Martin to face questions from Sinn Féin and the Social Democrats on Wednesday
What to look out for as the Dáíl returns from its summer recess
The first post-Paschal budget, the triple lock row, and the return of the Micheál Martin-Mary Lou McDonald rivalry
Little justification for ‘broad’ cost-of-living supports in budget, Central Bank warns
To avoid stoking existing inflationary pressures, Government should adhere to expenditure ceilings, regulator says
Ministers warned of inflation risk as public spending overruns likely to top €1.4bn
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council sounds warning before next month’s budget
Budget 2027: ‘Specific consideration’ for measures to tackle rising heating oil costs
Jack Chambers was speaking at Dublin Castle in advance of an EU presidency meeting
Rising property prices expose more people to ‘significant’ inheritance tax bills, warns adviser
More than half of CAT receipts generated by beneficiaries outside parent-child category
The Irish Times view on health spending: a politically toxic challenge
Bringing the budget back on course will require difficult decisions
People who get up early were left disappointed by Varadkar. Harris is ready to try again
If you promise to prioritise the people who get up early in the morning, you can’t spend your time delivering breakfast in bed to a bunch of others
There is a landmine posing a big danger to next month’s budget
Ministers have raised hopes of a giveaway budget - but events are turning against them
Overspending health regions to be asked to slow hiring after headcount surge
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said there had been ‘extraordinarily high’ recruitment in the HSE
Children and young people need offline support as well as online protection
Budget offers chance to deliver meaningful investment in youth services and youth work
Jack Chambers rules out equalising inheritance thresholds in budget
Minister for Public Expenditure says equalisation is beyond budget's financial scope
Budget 2027: Simon Harris seeks to reassure middle-income earners on tax cuts
Tánaiste promises cohort will see ‘significant impact’ from planned income tax package
HSE spending controls have ‘not had sufficient impact’, says Minister
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill says scale of projected HSE overspend ‘cannot be explained by demand pressures alone’
‘Disruptive’ Jack Chambers talks tough on HSE overspending and budget negotiations
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Four HSE regions to lose power over day-to-day spending
Jack Chambers criticises ‘completely ineffective management of the control system’ and ‘really poor performance by certain regions’
Move to strip four HSE regions of spending powers is a dramatic Government policy shift
Regionalisation of health administration was a key Government reform but within months financial challenges began to emerge
Bord Gáis puts budget squeeze on Harris and Chambers with price increase
Customers face increase of around 10% in household energy bills within days on Budget 2027
Irish hospitals’ income ‘severely impacted’ by move to public-only contracts, notes confidential HSE report
Internal Health Service Executive paper indicates shortfall of nearly €56m
Policy focus at Fianna Fáil gathering reveals fronts on which Coalition struggling to deliver
Party in better place than it has been at any of its recent think-ins, but big and politically tricky decisions loom
Budget 2027: Jack Chambers plays down expectations of big tax giveaway after Harris comments
Taoiseach warns one-off cost-of-living payments can erode ability to tackle longer term issues, including childcare
HSE team set up to address overspend at Naas hospital amid fears of possible €41m deficit
Spending from January to March 2026 suggests a deficit for the year of €41m
We must honour Donogh O’Malley’s legacy by cutting school class sizes
More than 425,000 pupils are in oversized classes, yet we have lost almost 500 teachers
Threat of public sector industrial action ‘completely unwarranted’ – Chambers
Minister for Public Expenditure made the remarks while insisting the Government wants a ‘fair’ public pay deal
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