Budget 2024
The €14bn budget to woo back voters
Devoid of any big bang measure or vision, Ministers Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe missed a glorious opportunity to deliver radical change in Budget 2024
Never has it taken so long for ministers to say so little of significance, was the opening jibe of Sinn Féin’s Rose Conway-Walsh in her speech on Budget Day in response to finance minister Michael McGrath and public expenditure minister Paschal Donohoe.
Despite unleashing spending of €14 billion in Budget 2024, the chief complaint made to both ministers is that it turned out to be something of a damp squib, with no major new ...