The AH Budget discussion thread.

kraggy · 14-10-2008 04:20PM

jmcwobbles wrote: »

Is this being played live on any of the RTE radio stations?

Yup. RTE Radio 1 and RTE Telly 1.

And on the web at Rte.ie/radio

Agamemnon · 14-10-2008 04:20PM

caoibhin wrote: »

Over 80 year olds to be rounded up and gassed.

Bye Gran.

I made that up too.

Just as well you're joking - that would be utter lunacy. Do you have any idea how expensive Zyklon B is? We should have stocked up on it during the Celtic Tiger years when we had the bucks.

dade · 14-10-2008 04:20PM

jmcwobbles wrote: »

Is this being played live on any of the RTE radio stations?

yeah audio and video availible on rte.ie

skyhighflyer · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

8c on etrol, none on diesel. Fcuk:rolleyes:

kraggy · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

Excise on cigarettes up by 50%. What does that equate to in cents?

toiletduck · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

18 year olds were still eligible for child benefit? Wtf?

Savman · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

kraggy wrote: »

Yup. RTE Radio 1 and RTE Telly 1.

And on the web at Rte.ie/radio

Only if you paid your shoite tv tax TV License, otherwise you're not allowed listen.

ongarite · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

VAT up, Fags excess up 50%, petrol up 8c, no change on diesel. No booze change.

**** **** ****...

14-10-2008 04:21PM

The cigs are up to 9.50

chin_grin · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

News we all wanted to hear...no increase on the beer. YUS!

Darragh29 · 14-10-2008 04:21PM

Ì heard Robert Mugabe might be taking those e-voting machines off us for a knock down price...

JackieChan · 14-10-2008 04:22PM

kraggy wrote: »

Excise on cigarettes up by 50%. What does that equate to in cents?

I thought the same, I'm sure it was 50c he said though.
Edit: Diesel ftw!

mgsrocks · 14-10-2008 04:22PM

'Reduce excise in non-alc beer'

Lets go get drunk

cornbb · 14-10-2008 04:22PM

Tax on fags gone up 50%. Anyone know how this translates into real numbers?

dade · 14-10-2008 04:22PM

50 % increase on tax on cigs
Vat up .5% increase
13.5 % stays teh same
Petrol tax up 8%
I think wine is also going up

air travel tax on all departures of €10

Caoimhín · 14-10-2008 04:23PM

Nothing on the beer or spirits.

10 euro tax to get the hell out of this pissy wet ****hole island.

Savman · 14-10-2008 04:23PM

This is so bad it's good!

mgsrocks · 14-10-2008 04:23PM

JackieChan wrote: »

I thought the same, I'm sure it was 50c he said though.
Diesel ftw!

Ye it was 50c

jmcwobbles · 14-10-2008 04:23PM

I thought he said the cigs will be increased by 50 cent not 50%

skyhighflyer · 14-10-2008 04:23PM

It was 50cent on fags. Not too bad

Kurtosis · 14-10-2008 04:23PM

50 cent on cigarettes, not 50 %.

Oshare Bones · 14-10-2008 04:24PM

Still tryna flog a dead horse with the property market, increasing tax relief for FTBs.. sigh.

chin_grin · 14-10-2008 04:24PM

penguin88 wrote: »

50 cent on cigarettes, not 50 %.

Yup, 50 Cent the teleprompter said so. Even though he did say "percent". Hmm......

skyhighflyer · 14-10-2008 04:24PM

dade wrote: »

50 % increase on tax on cigs
Vat up .5% increase
13.5 % stays teh same
Petrol tax up 8%
I think wine is also going up

air travel tax on all departures of €10

It's 8cent and 50 cent:rolleyes:

ongarite · 14-10-2008 04:24PM

I think he is trying to outdo John Bruton's Budget in the 80s..

Oshare Bones · 14-10-2008 04:25PM

caoibhin wrote: »

10 euro tax to get the hell out of this pissy wet ****hole island.

Bargain in my opinion.

Savman · 14-10-2008 04:25PM

Diesel ftw.

dade · 14-10-2008 04:25PM

penguin88 wrote: »

50 cent on cigarettes, not 50 %.

thought he said a 50% rise on teh excise on teh fags, must have heard him wrong

there's also an increase on mortgagte tax relief from 20 to 25 % for the first 2 years. the next band is increased to 22.5% or something like that

Hail 2 Da Chimp · 14-10-2008 04:25PM

8C on petrol! The bastards!

homah_7ft · 14-10-2008 04:25PM

Lenihan may just as well have said "Wallet inspector". All to pay for those developer buddies. I hate this country sometimes.

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