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# Budget 16

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Voices
Debate Room: Should school start earlier to help working parents?
This is just one of the suggestions from two contributors working in the area of childcare who reflect on what’s needed to solve the childcare issues here in Ireland.
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Oct 19th 2015, 8:00 AM
# spend spend spend
Survey finds majority of people thought Budget 2016 was good for Ireland
Michael Noonan has denied that the government had returned to the days of “when I have it, I spend it”.
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Oct 14th 2015, 8:17 PM
# Still Friends
Why was there no rent certainty in the Budget?
Michael Noonan says they just ran out of time.
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Oct 14th 2015, 10:26 AM
Voices
Are prefab villages really the future of housing?
Innovative solutions are required to solve the housing and homelessness crisis, not “off the shelf” solutions, writes Mary Hughes.
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Oct 14th 2015, 8:30 AM
# Budget 16
Why hasn't the USC been scrapped yet?
We were told back in 2011 that it was a temporary measure, but €4 billion every year seems to be too difficult to part with.
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Oct 14th 2015, 6:00 AM
# budget 2016
Budget 2016 - here are all the main points
Anything that affects you, you’ll find it here.
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Oct 13th 2015, 10:58 PM
# middle earners
What the Budget means to someone earning around €30,000
How does this change things for you?
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Oct 13th 2015, 9:05 PM
# budget 2016
Here's what's changed with the Universal Social Charge in the Budget
The much-hated USC has been cut.
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Oct 13th 2015, 7:00 PM
17 great things that have happened since the last Budget
It’s not all bad…
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Oct 13th 2015, 6:58 PM
# HIGHER EARNERS
What the Budget means to someone earning around €50,000
How does this change things for you?
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Oct 13th 2015, 6:48 PM
# glam lyfe
Admit it, paying Contactless makes you feel your most glamorous
So glam. So suave.
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Oct 13th 2015, 5:08 PM
# budget 2016
IN FULL: Brendan Howlin's Budget speech
“Today we reap the benefits of the hard work and resilience of the Irish people.”
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Oct 13th 2015, 4:25 PM
# it's a no go
Sorry Leo, fizzy drinks won't be taxed
The Health Minister had asked for a 20% tax on the drinks to help tackle obesity.
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Oct 13th 2015, 4:20 PM
# the heartland
Here's how families will be affected by the Budget
Child Benefit is up by a fiver and the Respite Care Grant has been restored.
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Oct 13th 2015, 3:48 PM
# work it out
How does Budget 2016 affect you? TheJournal.ie calculator will do the sums for you
Income tax, USC, tax credits… will you have more money or less after today’s Budget?
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Oct 13th 2015, 3:36 PM
# budget 2016
IN FULL: Michael Noonan's Budget speech
“No more booms and bust.”
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Oct 13th 2015, 3:28 PM
# budget 2016
How the Socialists would abolish water charges, property tax and USC for low-earners
Paul Murphy talks about AAA’s radical alternative to current government policy.
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Oct 9th 2015, 10:45 AM
# fighting words
'Fine Gael don't care too much about ordinary people'
Fianna Fáil’s finance spokesperson Michael McGrath had some strong words for the government today.
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Oct 8th 2015, 11:55 PM
# budget 2016
An awful lot of you want USC abolished altogether
No surprises there, but how many say we should keep it?
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Oct 7th 2015, 8:00 PM
# On the up
It looks like the Irish economy is now taking off like a rocket
Just as Michael Noonan said it could three years ago.
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Oct 2nd 2015, 1:34 PM
# Shinnernomics
This man doesn't care that Sinn Féin 'scares the bejaysus' out of some people
Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty dropped by to give us the Sinn Féin alternative.
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Oct 1st 2015, 9:00 PM
# swede relief
Top Irish earners are paying more tax than the Swedes
And those on high incomes should pay less, one group says.
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Sep 22nd 2015, 11:42 AM
# Happy Noonan
The hated USC is in line for a significant cut next month
The Finance Minister signalled that universal social charge will be prioritised in the Budget.
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Sep 11th 2015, 9:00 PM