# Budget 2012

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# times of austerity

Budget (Leaks) 2012: Household Charge, Enda's National Address and 'sacrosanct' corporate tax

Budget 2012 was the first budget of the Fine Gael/Labour era.

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Oct 10th 2021, 7:01 AM

# fuel allowance

Winter fuel allowance to be extended following cold snap

The 410,000 people in receipt of the weekly €20 allowance will be given the allowance for an extra week.

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Mar 27th 2013, 11:21 AM

# Budget 2012

Here's where Ireland overspent by €1.118 billion on last year's Budget

Nine Departments and agencies needed extra top-ups to their funding in 2012. Here’s where the overflow went.

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Dec 9th 2012, 8:00 AM

# Social Protection

Burton asks for extra €685 million in social protection funding... for 2012

On the day of Budget 2013, Joan Burton asks an Oireachtas committee to approve a 5.1 per cent increase for 2012.

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Dec 5th 2012, 11:41 AM

# Receivership

'Sad occasion' for Bill Cullen as receiver appointed to Glencullen Holdings

The company operated Cullen’s last two Renault dealerships and is believed to owe him €19.5 million.

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Oct 10th 2012, 12:27 PM

# economic letter

Central Bank publishes letter on Fiscal Compact - Ireland on track for 2020

The letter states that, despite ‘many uncertainties’, the date of 2020 remains achievable.

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Sep 25th 2012, 12:06 PM

Voices

Column: Let’s get real – Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil should be in coalition

Labour isn’t happy in Government and Fianna Fáil merely snipe, writes Aaron McKenna. Why shouldn’t our two historically opposed parties get together?

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Sep 8th 2012, 7:45 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 The nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

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Aug 19th 2012, 9:00 AM

# Spending

Retail organisation urges against negative budget speculation

While consumer confidence is on the increase, Retail Excellence Ireland warns that spending continues to fall.

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Aug 10th 2012, 6:45 AM

# Your Say

Poll: Will the coalition government last until 2016?

In its 16 months in office the coalition has by-and-large worked together solidly but will it last all the way until the next general election?

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Jul 20th 2012, 9:54 AM

# Mini-Budget

Minister to reveal on Monday whether mini-Budget is needed

The next Stability Programme Update is due out next Monday – but Michael Noonan remains insistent that we’ll meet our targets.

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Apr 25th 2012, 12:47 PM

# Single Parents

Charities say Social Welfare Bill will push one-parent families into poverty

The Social Welfare Bill being brought to the Dáil proposes to send single parents onto the dole when their youngest child turns 7.

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Apr 18th 2012, 9:55 PM

# Fiscal approach

Taking one for the team: Sports Council budget reduced for 2012

The Irish Sports Council must continue to tighten its belt for the foreseeable future with a further €1.5million reduction on their budget.

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Apr 4th 2012, 1:59 PM

# Mini-Budget

Budget body says Ireland could need €400m mini-budget

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says the Budget’s projections for economic growth may have been too ambitious.

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Apr 3rd 2012, 11:44 AM

# United Kingdom

Osborne cuts corporate tax, creates credits for video game industry

Chancellor George Osborne has also raised the thresholds for income tax and child benefit, as well as hiking excise on cigarettes.

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Mar 21st 2012, 3:12 PM

Voices

Column: Universities in crisis because they have no support

Irish universities fell out of the top 100 institutions rankings today but, writes Stephen Donnelly TD, without a bold, ambitious vision from Government they’ll never get back into them.

Mar 15th 2012, 1:17 PM

# One Year In

TheJournal.ie’s progress report for the Government: Public sector reform

The government promised to cut public sector numbers, increase accountability and improve performance. What’s happened?

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Mar 9th 2012, 2:00 AM

# Budget 2012

State is overspending by €3,879 per person, according to TD's sums

Cork South West TD Noel Harrington has shared his Budget 2012 analysis with TheJournal.ie.

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Mar 5th 2012, 5:46 PM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.

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Mar 1st 2012, 4:49 PM

# S.P.A.R.K.

GALLERY: Single parents protest at 'discriminatory' Budget cuts

The SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids) group took to the streets against cuts to allowances and schemes.

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Feb 18th 2012, 5:49 PM

# Finance Bill

Dáil approves Finance Bill by 93 votes to 45

TDs vote in favour of the last part of the 2012 Budget, though there is still time for amendments to be made to the Bill.

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Feb 16th 2012, 2:04 PM

# Austerity

'Few precedents' for scale of Ireland's austerity budgets, Gilmore admits

The Tánaiste told a US audience that budgetary measures had come “at a considerable cost to the Irish people”.

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Feb 8th 2012, 9:14 PM

# Women's Rights

NWCI chief quits over Govt's 'scant regard' for women's rights

Susan McKay said Budget cuts to Women’s Council funding had made it impossible for her to do her job properly.

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Jan 28th 2012, 4:30 PM

# school cuts

School cuts could lead to death of rural Ireland, councillor warns

Cllr Declan Hurley said institutions making up the “backbone” of rural communities were now all under threat.

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Jan 16th 2012, 6:31 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Thursday

In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?

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Jan 12th 2012, 8:07 PM

# Budget 2012

Quinn announces review of cuts to DEIS teacher numbers

Education minister Ruairí Quinn says he will seek a report on the Budget’s impact on teaching posts in disadvantaged schools.

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Jan 12th 2012, 6:53 PM

# Motoring

NCT charge to increase by 10 per cent

From 1 February, it will now cost you €55 to have your car deemed road-worthy (or not).

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Jan 9th 2012, 3:40 PM

# Mortgages

Mortgage holders told to ensure new interest relief is applied

The Department of Finance says lenders have been told to apply mortgage interest relief with effect from January 1st.

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Jan 5th 2012, 7:11 PM

# Efficient

Late payment fee warning issued over €100 Household Charge

Around 700 people have already paid the charge, which came into effect on 1 January, according to the Household Charge Project Board.

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Jan 4th 2012, 9:09 AM

# Hard Times

Former taoisigh lose mobile phone and secretarial expenses

From yesterday, former taoisigh are no longer entitled to claim expenses for secretarial work and mobile phones from the state.

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Jan 2nd 2012, 12:30 PM

# TheJournal.ie

All we want for 2012 (and what we won’t miss from 2011)

TheJournal.ie’s writers have each picked one thing that they are glad to see the back of – and one thing they are looking forward to this year.

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Jan 1st 2012, 3:15 PM

# Budget 2012

Budget 2012: What measures kick in today?

A number of the measures outlined in the Budget 2012 will kick in today – we take a look at what they are.

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Jan 1st 2012, 10:34 AM

# redundancies

Companies ‘rushing redundancies’ to exploit Budget layoff changes – REI

Retail Excellence Ireland says companies have brought forward planned redundancies before the government cuts redundancy rates.

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Dec 23rd 2011, 4:44 PM

# garda stations

State spends over €65k this year on Garda stations that will close in 2012

Four of the 31 Garda stations that will close next year have had refurbishment works carried out on them in the past 12 months.

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Dec 23rd 2011, 2:54 PM

# Property Tax

Expert group set to issue property tax recommendations within four months

The government is expediting the process to determine what will eventually replace the already controversial household charge.

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Dec 22nd 2011, 12:33 PM

Voices

Column: Ireland’s addicted to property – and Noonan is risking another bubble

The Government is keeping us hooked on house buying exactly when it should be weaning us off, writes Ronan Lyons.

Dec 22nd 2011, 7:30 AM

# Poll

Fine Gael and Labour support plunges in new poll

Satisfaction with the Government has nosedived by ten points in the wake of the Budget, the Sunday Times/Behaviour and Attitudes poll shows.

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Dec 18th 2011, 9:41 AM

# Household charge

New household charge could be docked from wages or welfare

People who boycott the annual payment – including several TDs – could see it taken directly from their paychecks or benefits, the Government has confirmed.

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Dec 17th 2011, 12:24 PM

# Household charge

Pearse Doherty won't pay Household Charge - but says don't follow his lead

The Sinn Féin TD has said that anyone who doesn’t pay the charge should be mindful of legal and financial consequences.

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