# budget-2014 - Wednesday 24 September, 2014
# Money Fight
# Money Fight
Figure for early debt repayment was €1.5b last week, but what’s €600m between friends?
# budget-2014 - Friday 15 August, 2014
# budget-2014 - Tuesday 15 July, 2014
# Closing Time
# Closing Time
And it’s all about tax, say industry chiefs.
# budget-2014 - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
# Loosen Up
# Loosen Up
The Nevin Economic Research Institute says that with the economy recovering, less severe budget cuts are needed.
# budget-2014 - Sunday 15 June, 2014
# In Depth
# In Depth
The rise of Sinn Féin raises obvious questions about what they would do in government. We take a closer look at the party’s economic policies.
# budget-2014 - Tuesday 4 February, 2014
# Pretty Penny
# Pretty Penny
The Government’s inaction on pensions begs the question of whether it has a long-term strategy for pensions at all, writes Samantha McConnell.
# budget-2014 - Saturday 18 January, 2014
# One Parent Family
# One Parent Family
Tax credits for single parents are now only available to one parent regardless of custody arrangements.
# budget-2014 - Thursday 9 January, 2014
# Opinion
# Opinion
Cuts introduced since the beginning of the economic crisis have had a devastating effect on lone parent families, writes Louise Bayliss.
# budget-2014 - Saturday 4 January, 2014
# Cuts
# Cuts
The costs are associated with registration fees paid to the institutes of technology attended by those in SOLAS/FÁS programmes.
# budget-2014 - Wednesday 1 January, 2014
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
It is just one of the measures kicking in today – others include changes to VAT, DIRT and tax credits for single parents.
# budget-2014 - Saturday 28 December, 2013
# Review 2013
# Review 2013
Promissory note gone, abortion legislated for, the Seanad retained, and the bailout exited – here are few key moments from the past 12 months.
# budget-2014 - Thursday 12 December, 2013
# Income
# Income
A new look at budgets from 2009 to 2014 by the ESRI shows that the lowest impact of next year’s budget was on some middle income groups.
# budget-2014 - Monday 9 December, 2013
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The junior health minister was reported in yesterday’s Sunday Business Post to have threatened to quit the government at a meeting over a fortnight ago.
# budget-2014 - Thursday 5 December, 2013
# Fiscal Advisory Council
# Fiscal Advisory Council
The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is before the Oireachtas Finance Committee today.
# budget-2014 - Tuesday 3 December, 2013
# Consumers
# Consumers
KBC Bank said the most recent survey seems to reflect a “broad endorsement of domestic economic policy” even if there is a sense that it will hurt household finances.
# budget-2014 - Friday 22 November, 2013
# Credit Line
# Credit Line
A report published by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council today has warned that the changes in Budget 2014 have removed our “margin of safety”.
# budget-2014 - Thursday 21 November, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The Eurogroup President made the comments to a Greek newspaper ahead of the country’s draft budget announcement today.
# budget-2014 - Wednesday 13 November, 2013
# Medical Cards
# Medical Cards
The Minister for Health was speaking in the Dáil today where he defended the decision to lower medical card income limits.
# budget-2014 - Saturday 9 November, 2013
# Viral Government
# Viral Government
The government is increasingly delivering its message via new platforms with varying degrees of success.
# budget-2014 - Friday 1 November, 2013
# Bank Levy
# Bank Levy
The Government estimated that the levy would raise a total of €150 million for the exchequer each year from all Irish domestic banks.
# budget-2014 - Wednesday 30 October, 2013
# Budget
# Budget
The HSE National Service Plan will now not be finalised until the middle of November at the latest.
# budget-2014 - Tuesday 29 October, 2013
# Shopping
# Shopping
Tesco has seen a decline the amount of money people are spending there, while Aldi and Lidl are going strong.
# budget-2014 - Sunday 27 October, 2013
# The Taxman
# The Taxman
Michael Noonan will be a happy man if these targets are hit…
# budget-2014 - Saturday 26 October, 2013
# Popularity
# Popularity
Fine Gael, on the other hand, have seen support climb by two points.
# Health
# Health
Parents and supporters gathered at Crumlin Children’s Hospital this afternoon to protest revoking of cards for some chronically-ill children.
# budget-2014 - Friday 25 October, 2013
# Maternity Benefit
# Maternity Benefit
The Social Welfare Bill passed its final stage in the Dáil today though Fianna Fáil’s Willie O’Dea said it’s not too late for the government to reverse this cut.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The bill now goes to the Seanad the week after next.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
One opposition TD labelled the cut to the €850 grant as “a mean, ruthless, vicious targeting of people at their most vulnerable time”.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Maternity benefit will be standarised at €230 per week for new claimants from January.
# Family
# Family
A support service has called the One Parent Family tax credit “unjust, unfair and underhanded”.
# Opinion
# Opinion
Budget 2014 hit the most vulnerable elements of society – not the young, the sick, the old, or pregnant alone. We need to show intergenerational solidarity and stand together against this injustice, writes Peter Kavanagh.
# budget-2014 - Thursday 24 October, 2013
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
The bill passed the second stage by 79 votes to 44 and will now go before a committee.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
Measures announced by Michael Noonan in the Dáil last week will be legislated for next month.
# Social Welfare Bill
# Social Welfare Bill
A slight difference of opinion over Budget cuts in the Dáil chamber today…
# Opinion
# Opinion
Access to health services is key to leaving homelessness behind – which is why Budget 2014 is so damaging to the Government’s commitment to end long-term homelessness by 2016, writes Niamh Randall.
# budget-2014 - Tuesday 22 October, 2013
# Vox Pop
# Vox Pop
One worries that without the telephone allowance her emergency alarm will be cut off. Another wishes he had never moved back to Ireland.
# Protest
# Protest
The crowd at Leinster House was predominantly made up of elderly people who oppose cuts to medical cards for over 70s and other measures announced in last week’s Budget.
# Budget 2014
# Budget 2014
Meanwhile, the Tánaiste has said that the Budget cuts announced last week stand.
# Vote Of Confidence
# Vote Of Confidence
The Health Minister has the support of the Cabinet, two senior members insisted this morning.
# Elderly People
# Elderly People
The Irish Senior Citizens Parliament is hoping to recreate the success of 2008 protests that were held held five years ago today.
