Widening of the tax band and help for renters and bills are the main items by the looks of it.
How will this year's budget affect you?
Hope they do something for the carers disregard for the means test, it was raised last year but need to go higher, its only €39,000 a year limit for a couple before they start taking it back. €39,000 for a couple with children is absolutely nothing. My wife doesn't work so cares for my mentally disabled son, it should be a tax free payment and shouldn't be means tested.
So when pushed you can't provide any evidence to back up what you say? People do make stuff up to suit their arguments.
Excise duty on petrol has already been cut by 20ct a litre a few months back so I don't know why you ignore that.
...tis bloody scary, you d wonder do they all sit around reading nursery rhymes as they dont seem to be able to divulge decades of data and research supporting the failures of such policies....
The at-risk-of-poverty rate for pensioners and deprivation rate is lower than any other age group in Ireland .
Similarly, the consistent poverty rate for pensioners is by far the lowest of any age demographic.
You can set Ireland beside any other country. Our old are among the best looked after and politically served in the world at any time in history.
The young are far far more likely to suffer from relative and absolute material deprivation.
This is good news for Irish old people, nobody wants to see old age poverty.
But there is an element of an béal bocht from the silver vote. The accumulated wealth of the silver vote of the early 21st century will never again be repeated. As a population bulge, never has one generation been so politically dominant and in reality, pandered to so heavily.
Inter generational warfare is not a positive thing, and I don't believe we should play that game. But we should call a spade a spade, relative poverty and deprivation in old age is an outlier phenomenon. The younger cohorts in our society are far more likely to experience it.
Gilmartin Road Tuam - that’s one , knocked down the houses, rebuilt to top spec. Not sure if google maps is up to date but you can see the triple glazing, corner windows, solar panels(6 panel arrays) and heat pumps.
You mean after the suppliers had already raised their prices to record levels at the pumps? Yeah, that was a great help😡 the long term dolers don't have to worry about that because they don't commute to work. That's the point. And we reward them with another rise in the budget.
Where do you stand on persons getting free houses and then moving in their partners to scrounge off the tax payer as well?
I wouldn’t consider her role as not working. She has a tough job 🙂
So how is the suppliers raising their prices the fault of the government?
Shouldn't you be angry with the suppliers more then?
More baseless rubbish. People get angry about people getting fictional free houses etc.
The truth is things are no where near as bad as people who belong to the "ireland is shite" brigade.
Biggest issue facing Ireland now is housing, not some people getting an increase in their unemployment benefit.
Totally agree with this. As the parent of a disabled Young Adult I know of other families including My own where one spouse/partner can't work yet they are refused carer's allowance because the other spouse has a job.. These poor people are left in limbo and are totally forgotten about by the government. more needs to be done for these carers.
So I'm right in assuming a family where both earner's are under 36k are getting no help at all? The group that need the most help right now 🤷♂️🤦
A person on a salary of €37,000 pays €6,472 or 17.5% effective tax rate. What would you reduce this to?
those leaked figures cant be right ??
those working on <36,800 a year will be better off by 2.88 a week (tax credits 75+75 increase)
Those on the dole get 12e extra a week plus 2 christmas bonus weeks + extra fuel allowance?
So you think working low earners should be happy with this budget?
im not sure many will happy with this, it ll never go far enough, gonna be one hell of a rough winter for most....
2018 https://www.cleanenergyireland.ie/deanrock-social-housing/
2019 https://council.ie/sdcc-achieve-115-of-social-housing-target/
This famed one in Killarney https://www.munsterjoinery.ie/case-studies/post/passive-house
It is actually the most progressive and fair of our taxes. LPT is the second most progressive.
I would favour reducing income tax but increasing USC.
Thank you, it is tough. Taxing her only income and means testing it is grossly unfair.
I think the welfare system is very fair and just as it is. disabilities-related issues could do with more help and medical cards and dentists have still not been resolved. I see no issues at all with adding taxes to smoking and drink. road tax for cars [the 2 systems in place] could be cut back and road tax for big lorries and tractors could be put up.
I hear what you’re saying as I’m a carer myself.
You're moving towards Renua flax-taxville there with that suggestion (or at least significantally flattening taxes across the income distribution).
Not progressive in the least and quasi-Kwartengy.
A 10 Billion giveaway budget but people are already moaning about it.
Bizzare tbh.
Maybe they should radically reduce income taxes, and pay more people to work?
covid once again showed us, pup etc, welfare for most simply isnt enough as is, raising it would directly benefit recipients and the economy, as the majority of this money would be spent almost immediately into the economy, most sme's are currently in deep sh1t, some of this increased welfare payments would be spent into such businesses, which in turn would benefit all....
again, most businesses are currently in deep sh1t, transport plays a critical part in most, if not all, increasing their taxes, probably wouldnt help the situation....
I'm not in the position where my son needs state care and hope he never does but there is so many families choosing to care for their son/daughter at home instead of leaving it it to the state. Those one's are saving the state a fortune and more needs to be done to financial support them.
A fair enough statement I suppose.
You have a case study across the Irish sea right now in what happens when you implement giddy unfunded tax cuts.
Fancy the IMF back in town?
We're already among the most productive labour force on the planet with statistical zero unemployment btw. And relative to peer counties in Europe, we are not overtaxed in the middle and lower income distributions, and not even particularly so on the upper end.
I assume you have kids and are making above 40k, if so of course you would have nothing to complain about
For me personally the 1000 euro reduction in college fees is very welcome. Just sent our first to college this year and it is extremely expensive.
I know third level funding has to come from somewhere, so this may not be welcome across the board but i'll take it this year. I have already paid the 3000 euro this year so I presume any reduction will be refunded.
At the same time I am conscious that there are many families is much greater need.
USC is nowhere near a flat tax - it is far more progressive than income tax.
Definitely, I was in college 15 years ago and it €750, how it's gotten to €3000 is ridiculous.
....banks are currently looking okay, but with the increasing rates may change all that, so no need for the imf, house hold debt has been falling consistently to, it was in fact the rapid rise in private debt that caused the imf being introduced here....
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