budget 2024 Revealed – the €14.4bn budget trickBehind the ‘prudent’ core Budget 2024 package of €6.4 billion lie shadow ‘temporary’ spending figures that bring the real total to a less reassuring €14.4 billion
Comment John Walsh: Our corporate tax revenues are safe for now, but that won’t be the case forever The fiscal watchdog has warned the government against repeating the mistakes of the past – but global legislative actions could also cause problems for our economy
Economy Economics and politics clash as government launches €6.4bn summer economic statement Breaching its own 5 per cent spending rule once again is necessary in light of inflation, Michael McGrath and Paschal Donohoe maintain
Economy Budgetary watchdog says state’s labelling of budget spending is ‘bad for transparency’IFAC also predicts government will breach its own five per cent spending rule every year until 2026 if the current approach is continued
budget 2024 Tánaiste Micheál Martin signals further cost of living measures in October’s BudgetThe Summer Economic Statement outlined the overall spending package but not once-off cost of living measures
budget 2024 Total budget package of at least €10.4bn contained in Summer Economic StatementNext budget will be made up of €5.2 billion in core spending, €1.15 billion in tax cuts and €4 billion in so-called ‘once off’ spending measures