Budget 2025 (or is it 2026 )

Listen, this is good to know. Now who can I vote for next time, that is economically prudent, aren't total liars and reward work over welfare? Nobody? Yeah, thought so...

One hundred percent! This crash, is going to be obscene comedy. Ffg , joined at the hip this time.. after squandering the largest golden goose imaginable. Obscene resources the last few years in particular, nothing to show for it...50 percent in government spekding over the last five years. , nothing to ahpw for it... I hope Europe just keep the keys to any financial matters relating to this country. Totally incapable of reform, delivering anything except reports , plans and hot air...

That's for you to do your research on, not for random people on the internet to tell you.

But if you choose to vote for the same party time and time again, don't complain when you get the same results.

I'd suggest using more sources for information than Reddit and The Journal.

Once again you voted for them, only you know why but you're reaping what you sowed. What possibly made you believe that they were going to be any different this time around?

Ah ye let the place burn, anarchy is always the answer.

'The worst off will be workers', according to the PWC tax spokesperson on Newstalk.

Let that sink in and I hope those workers who voted FFG are happy.

Carbon tax up so bills up. Be it for fuel or for heating from tonight with another increase in January.

They added the PSO levy back last week too. Also a small rise in PRSI.

Minimum wage goes up so even after all the VAT cut nonsense for hospitality you'll see increases across everything from groceries to eating out/having a drink and whatever else come January.

Your house value has rocketed up so more property tax to pay with the new valuations.

I'm sure there's more sneaky increases in there somewhere too . No tax breaks for the people who pay all the tax, especially if you have no children. So worse off until next year.

Meh.

They did say they'd look after the most vulnerable and while it's not much there's a few things like increases in payments, the back to school for 2-3 year olds, the wfp applicants allowed to apply for fuel allowance, minimum wage workers not paying the USC at higher rates. Actually shocked they followed through on something. 😂

The whole budget thing is generally way too overhyped. Governments should no be waiting for once a year to make grandiose decisions.

Woeful budget for working people

Pat McDonagh of Supermacs will be laughing all the way to the bank tonight at the reduction in vat for food places …so also will anyone that is a franchise for McDonalds , Burger King , KFC etc .
whoever has the McDonald’s in the likes of Grafton street in Dublin will be a number of million better off each year going forward

And yet the sheep will go and vote for FFG next time around too.

Probably because they'll have a giveaway budget in election year and buy the votes

10 Euro for social welfare is about a 4% increase which is pretty neutral given inflation. Workers will need to rely on employer increases to protect them from inflation. That should work for some, but not all. Those who get up early in the morning might not be keeping pace with inflation.

Just to note that all the opposition parties proposed bigger social welfare increases.

If the minimum wage was kept constant, the reduced VAT for restaurants might not have been needed.

I think incentives for developers is needed. We need more accommodation supply and this is at least an attempt to get it in stead of just talking about the housing crisis.

In fairness Doherty is a pain in the hoop. He's shouted wolf so many times even if he had salient points to make it would not be heard. He's a serial whinger.

SF would be spending, spending, spending anyway so no point in listening to him. We'd be in worse shape.

It's a terrible budget regardless of Dohertys high whines... And I figured that out without him or any rte panel.

Fair play to listening to the 2 lad's, i don't know how anybody could...