As it happens...

Sleepy

Thought it might be fun to have an "as it happens" chat thread for today's budget!

(my idea of "fun" these days really would terrrify a younger version of myself)

Scortho

Sleepy wrote: »

Thought it might be fun to have an "as it happens" chat thread for today's budget!

(my idea of "fun" these days really would terrrify a younger version of myself)

If I recall correctly you were the most active person with the as it happens last year.

Idbatterim

just going through some of it, fairly trivial, but a bottle of wine is going up 50c after last years €1 hike, its insane! the dirt tax on saving is ridiculous also!

Scortho

No increases in petrol or diesel

No mention on motor tax. suppose no news is good news.:D

shedweller

Idbatterim wrote: »

just going through some of it, fairly trivial, but a bottle of wine is going up 50c after last years €1 hike, its insane! the dirt tax on saving is ridiculous also!

Savings. LOL!:pac:

Amirani

Idbatterim wrote: »

just going through some of it, fairly trivial, but a bottle of wine is going up 50c after last years €1 hike, its insane! the dirt tax on saving is ridiculous also!

DIRT increase was a no brainer. Continued levels of excessive saving has to be discouraged.

Sleepy

From a brief glance at the journal's liveblog it seems a reasonable enough budget to me. Glad that petrol was left alone. The 50c on wine is a bit high given that they only added a 1 euro to it last year but 10c on the pint/smokes is par for the course (though I'm still convinced duties on cigarettes are already past the point of diminishing returns - I know I personally try to get most of mine from abroad at this stage).

Surprised they didn't increase motor tax on post 2008's to narrow the gap.

shedweller

From the irishtimes liveblog:

1,250 new teachers and resource teachers to be hired next year, and a new garda recruitment programme too.

I'm surprised at that. There's even mention of extra hospital staff:

Extra staff in classrooms, hospitals and in frontline policing next year, Howlin promises.

These are a 'reform dividend', made possible because of savings. But the public sector wage bill will be cut next year.

Although the wage bill is being cut at the same time.

Sleepy

More older teachers retiring and being replaced with yellow packs?

ednwireland

whens the green budget thing dont they annouce all that carbon tax sh1te in there these days ? cant imagine they wont throw a few censtson everything in there to be honest

edit : hmmmm quiet in here these days