budget 2024

Tánaiste Micheál Martin signals further cost of living measures in October’s Budget

The Summer Economic Statement outlined the overall spending package but not once-off cost of living measures

Senator Lisa Chambers, Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin TD and Finance Minister Michael McGrath TD speaking to the media ahead of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party Pre-Budget meeting

The government won’t discuss a potential once-off cost of living budget package until later in the summer, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said.

Martin was speaking to reporters outside Leinster House alongside Michael McGrath, the Minister for Finance, and Senator Lisa Chambers ahead of Fianna Fáil’s pre-budget parliamentary party meeting. He was addressing the publication of the Summer Economic Statement, which was published yesterday and sets out the broad spending parameters for Budget 2024.

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