Ifac happier with Govt's budget sums but warns over Sláintecare and climate change billions
Ifac happier with Govt's budget sums but warns over Sláintecare and climate change billions
The watchdog's fiscal assessment report on October's budget submitted to Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe

Wed, 01 Dec, 2021

Senior man looking at field with sheep
Reading the small print: What we missed in Budget 2022
More details on land zoning, benefit-in-kind and pensions

Sat, 30 Oct, 2021

Coronavirus
Finance Bill measure seeks to bring non-resident corporate landlords onto level playing field
In other changes, the bill proposes that student nurses will not pay tax on their pandemic placement grants received during the Covid crisis

Thu, 21 Oct, 2021

Budget 2022 fails to address endemic levels of gender-based violence
Budget 2022 fails to address endemic levels of gender-based violence
Unlike Covid-19, domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence is not a problem we can live with. The Government must significantly increase their expenditure on helping already under-resourced services to stop it

Tue, 19 Oct, 2021

Young woman lying in a medical bed. Hospitalization vector illustration in a flat style. Patient during blood transfusion proced
Terry Prone: Checking out from a surprise short staycation — with added scans
A short spell in hospital if you’re not writhing in agony is like being on a plane

Mon, 18 Oct, 2021

Irish logistics resilience being tested
Irish logistics resilience being tested
The Government must take immediate action to alleviate some of the pressures within the Irish supply chain

Sun, 17 Oct, 2021

Jim Power: Supply strain to worsen further before it gets better
Jim Power: Supply strain to worsen further before it gets better
The world economy is experiencing the first supply shock since the two oil price shocks of the 1970s

Sun, 17 Oct, 2021

Child stock
€20,580 a year on childcare sums up what's wrong with this country
The scale of the vice around the squeezed middle has been laid bare

Sat, 16 Oct, 2021

Child playing with mathematical toy
Women’s voices were heard in Budget 2022
The measures taken are a significant step in the right direction for women’s health

Fri, 15 Oct, 2021

Solar panels on roof of house UK
Budget measures expected to boost energy retrofitting spending by households
A survey, conducted by the BPFI before the budget, showed 49% of consumers are planning to undertake some energy retrofitting measures in their homes over the next three years

Fri, 15 Oct, 2021

Energy bills
Households facing 'emergency' in trying to heat their homes this winter
The warning came as CSO figures show inflation reached a 13-year high in September, driven by a huge spike in fuel costs

Fri, 15 Oct, 2021

Minister 'open' to extending free contraception to those under age of consent
Minister 'open' to extending free contraception to those under age of consent
Full year cost for the measure announced in the budget will be €28m

Thu, 14 Oct, 2021

Grass Cutting with big tree
What Budget 2022 means for farmers and how stealth taxes will impact
For a dairy farmer milking 100 cows, the flat-rate addition adjustment might reduce farming income by about €250

Thu, 14 Oct, 2021

Victims advocates slam budget as ‘insult’
Victims advocates slam budget as ‘insult’
'No clear dedicated funding line for victims of domestic violence'

Thu, 14 Oct, 2021

File Photo Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin received a €30,000 pay bump though an allowance claimed by the party last year, bri
Eamon Ryan 'does not like big roads', Micheál Martin tells Fianna Fáil members
Taoiseach made it clear Mr Ryan is opposed to major road projects, including motorways like the proposed M20, and bypasses may be more palatable at present

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Micheál Martin: Budget shows 'advancement' of Fianna Fáil's Government priorities
Micheál Martin: Budget shows 'advancement' of Fianna Fáil's Government priorities
These include funding increases in social welfare rates, housing for all and underpinning progress on healthcare initiatives such as the substantial package on women’s health and a focus on waiting lists which the party has been advocating for, Taoiseach said

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Biodiversity is practically extinct in ministers' budget pronouncements 
Biodiversity is practically extinct in ministers' budget pronouncements 
Biodiversity got its first official outing of the day at 6.30pm in a welcome press release announcing significant funding of €47m for the National Parks and Wildlife Service

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

CC EDUCATION BRIEIFNG
Norma Foley focused 'at the minute' on expanding Deis programme
Funding announced in Budget 2022 is for expansion to 'additional schools only', the department later clarified

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

GP surgery stock
'Not enough medical staff' for free under-eight care, say GPs
Budget includes a planned expansion of free GP care to children aged six and seven, although a timeframe was not laid out

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Cork boy reminded us that Ireland allows children to wait in pain
Cork boy reminded us that Ireland allows children to wait in pain
The pandemic has taught us that some groups are far less equal than others

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Money Talks: Budget 2022 highlights serious gender inequalities
Money Talks: Budget 2022 highlights serious gender inequalities
Carol Brick looks at how the Budget will affect working mothers

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Budget 2022 allocates money for soil sampling, data centres and new foreign missions
Budget 2022 allocates money for soil sampling, data centres and new foreign missions
€4m has been added to the budget for the nighttime economy, while another €400,000 has been added to help Ireland attract high-level sporting events

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Child playing with mathematical toy
'Modest' childcare budget initiatives will save some families €885 a year
Funding for the early learning and childcare sectors will reach €716m next year, Children's Minister Roderic O'Gorman has said

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Budget 'will not put a big dent' in childcare bills, admit ministers
Budget 'will not put a big dent' in childcare bills, admit ministers
Ministers Donohoe and McGrath also pledged to 'fix' the issue of waiting lists for children with scoliosis, when questioned about Adam Terry from Whitechurch in Cork, who has been forced to endure several delays for his surgeries

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

Remote working from home. Freelancer workplace in kitchen with laptop, cup of coffee
Q&A: How much is the remote working allowance worth to me and how do I claim it? 
In his Budget 2022 speech, Paschal Donohoe announced that employees working from home will be able to claim back 30% of their energy bills against their income tax.

Wed, 13 Oct, 2021

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