Budget 2022

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Education Feature
Schools to get €96 per pupil under free schoolbooks scheme
Norma Foley spells out details of the €50m Budget 2023 scheme which will commence this September

Wed, 22 Mar, 2023

Energy bills
Huge rise in number of people unable to heat homes, warns SVP
Report shows some 377,000 people lived in homes they were unable to afford to adequately heat.

Wed, 01 Mar, 2023

Energy efficiency concept and energy bill papers
Gerard Brady: There is logic in extending schemes to protect households and businesses
Government interventions shouldn’t remain open-ended and can be better targeted at those who need them most, but some cost-of-living measures will be needed for much of 2023

Sun, 12 Feb, 2023

Cost of living crisis
Varadkar: Government will not be extending all cost-of-living measures
The measures are due to expire at the end of February

Wed, 25 Jan, 2023

Dept of Health accused of massive overruns 'against backdrop of poor delivery'
Dept of Health accused of massive overruns 'against backdrop of poor delivery'
Letter from Public Expenditure Minister Michael McGrath to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly detailed a 'high level of concern' about spending

Mon, 16 Jan, 2023

Minister said Ireland is missing out on TV and film productions as tax relief cap is too low
Minister said Ireland is missing out on TV and film productions as tax relief cap is too low
Catherine Martin last year urged the then finance minister to raise the €70m cap on Section 481 tax relief for film productions

Sun, 15 Jan, 2023

Housing market
Anthony Foley: Home truths for Ireland and the economy this year
Despite the ravages of the Ukraine war, continuing supply chain disruptions, high inflation, increased interest rates, and recession in several major economies, the Irish economy will perform reasonably well in 2023 and should avoid a recession.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

Electric Fence
Rebates to help with soaring energy bills
The Budget presented a few months back by Minister Paschal Donohue announced a new Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme would be introduced to assist businesses in meeting the rise in costs of electricity and gas.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2023

Child playing with mathematical toy
'We have 180 people on our waiting list': childcare sector crisis continues
Childcare, along with housing and health, is one of the main pillar problems facing Leo Varadkar’s Government. For years, the privately-run sector has flirted with oblivion in Ireland, with no one being well served by what’s in place.

Sun, 01 Jan, 2023

CC GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
More than 1.5m people to get social welfare increases
More than 1.5m people to benefit from measures aimed at pensioners, carers, low-income families, and people with disabilities

Sat, 31 Dec, 2022

McGrath: New 30% tax rate will be 'examined properly' in 2023
McGrath: New 30% tax rate will be 'examined properly' in 2023
Finance minister has spoken to officials regarding plan but refuses to be drawn on whether he would support its introduction

Sat, 31 Dec, 2022

Cost of living
More than 2.2m households to receive second €200 electricity credit from New Year's Day
Credit will appear on bills during January and February and will extend to pay-as-you-go customers

Sat, 31 Dec, 2022

Sarah Harte: As ‘An Gaeilge’ rises in popularity, standard of spoken Irish is falling
Sarah Harte: As ‘An Gaeilge’ rises in popularity, standard of spoken Irish is falling
We need to look at how we’re training teachers to teach and students to learn Irish — a language should be first and foremost spoken

Wed, 14 Dec, 2022

Catherine Conlon: New priorities needed to change our unhealthy, unequal, and dissatisfied world
Catherine Conlon: New priorities needed to change our unhealthy, unequal, and dissatisfied world
The constant emphasis on economic progress as a measure of a country’s wellbeing has failed us, given the high levels of physical and mental ill-health in rich countries.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2022

Details of Christmas bonus payment to 1.3m people to be announced today 
Details of Christmas bonus payment to 1.3m people to be announced today 
The payment will be made to pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, widows, and lone parents

Fri, 02 Dec, 2022

Sinn Fein press conference
Daniel McConnell: Mary Lou on the backfoot as Sinn Féin forced to explain
Having to deny purported links to gangland crime figures is denting the Sinn Féin leader's efforts to woo middle Ireland

Mon, 28 Nov, 2022

Close up of electricity meter with rotating digit.
Brian Keegan: Firms should now apply for temporary business energy support scheme
The delay while Ireland waited for the EU to approve this key energy subsidy is a cost of international co-operation — but it's important to also notice the benefits of abiding by those rules

Sun, 27 Nov, 2022

Save money for home cost
Department of Finance accused of  'undermining the parliamentary process'
The Department of Finance has been accused of “undermining the parliamentary process” and leaving TDs without “clear information on the consequences of their decisions during the tax policy process” by an independent Oireachtas body.

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Jim Power: Global tech trouble clouds Irish economic outlook
Jim Power: Global tech trouble clouds Irish economic outlook
Layoffs at Twitter and Stripe, and poor results at Facebook and Amazon, bring a new uncertainty about the tech sector

Sun, 06 Nov, 2022

National review on PhD pay hailed as victory after years of campaigning
National review on PhD pay hailed as victory after years of campaigning
Ireland’s researchers are among the lowest paid in Europe at around €18,500 per year

Mon, 24 Oct, 2022

Some retail chains 'will lose out under energy scheme'
Some retail chains 'will lose out under energy scheme'
The temporary business energy support scheme was part of the recent budget.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2022

'We’re getting to the point where we’re not going to be able to cover ourselves'
'We’re getting to the point where we’re not going to be able to cover ourselves'
Munster businesspeople discuss the impact of soaring energy costs ahead of winter

Tue, 18 Oct, 2022

Mica homeowners
Cabinet set to approve reduced concrete block levy of 5%
The matter was tabled at Cabinet on Tuesday following a meeting between Mr Donohoe and the three Government party leaders on Monday night

Tue, 18 Oct, 2022

Mica homeowners
Minister confirms concrete levy will go ahead to reduce €6bn bill for housing defects
The €6bn is to help homeowners whose houses have been destroyed by defective blocks and to bring 100,000 apartments up to fire safety standards

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

Senior couple going over bills
1.4m people will get autumn double payment this week 
Pensioners make up the single biggest group to benefit from the €1.2bn suite of cost-of-living measures announced in Budget 2023

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

Colleges to contact students this week about €1,000 refund
Colleges to contact students this week about €1,000 refund
Higher Education Institutions are to reach out to eligible students this week to refund them €1,000 in college fees.

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
S Daniel McConnell: Bright future for 'Shinner in Fine Gael clothes'
It would happen like clockwork. Day after day, even during the lean days of the political off-season, in would arrive the email from the Sinn Féin press office, offering one of their TDs for media comment on the Leinster House plinth.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2022

Concrete levy 'is dead', say backbench TDs after crunch meeting
Concrete levy 'is dead', say backbench TDs after crunch meeting
One Fianna Fáil TD said the concerns over the levy were presented to the housing minister, and he was “very much in agreement with us”.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

young homeless boy sleeping on the bridge
Advocates demand social welfare 'overhaul' as families exceed housing support thresholds
Families could exceed the income threshold for social housing even on the most basic welfare payments, advocates have said, as they urged the Government to complete a review of these thresholds as the homelessness crisis deepens.

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

Payment dates for eight lump-sum household payments worth €1.2bn revealed 
Payment dates for eight lump-sum household payments worth €1.2bn revealed 
The cost-of-living payments are focused on pensioners, carers, people with disabilities, and working families

Tue, 11 Oct, 2022

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