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# Budget 2014

Kenny: It's a myth that the Economic Management Council makes all the decisions

The ECM is due to meet today to discuss the level of the budget adjustment.

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Oct 2nd 2013, 11:34 AM

# Budget 2014

'We're examining the options': Noonan says no decision on raising 9% VAT rate

The Finance Minister had previously said that in order to maintain the special rate for the tourism and hospitality industry he would need to find €360 million elsewhere.

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Sep 26th 2013, 11:54 AM

# Fiscal Advisory Council

Charts: Here's how the government's liabilities have increased to €208bn in five years

The government’s liabilities last year were a whopping €208 billion.

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Sep 26th 2013, 9:27 AM

# Budget 2014

Ex-IMF mission chief: 'Ireland needs a new jolt of growth'

Ashoka Mody has spoken out against austerity once again ahead of the October budget.

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Sep 25th 2013, 9:08 AM

# Budget 2014

Tánaiste: Budget cut of €3.1 billion not necessary to meet deficit targets

Eamon Gilmore has set out his stall ahead of Budget negotiations.

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Sep 24th 2013, 9:50 AM

# blind pension

'Sense of alarm' over Revenue investigation of blind pension

A report yesterday said Revenue is to start looking at records to see if individuals are in receipt of a second pension and assess their level of tax compliance.

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Sep 23rd 2013, 3:13 PM

# Budget 2014

"It's going to be a difficult budget" - Richard Bruton

The Minister for Jobs also said that Ireland has to “close the game out” while getting out of the bailout.

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Sep 22nd 2013, 1:40 PM

# Budget 2014

IBEC president calls for tax rises to be dropped

The new chairman of the Irish Business and Employers Conference told a dinner last night that the country had hit a “tax ceiling”.

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Sep 21st 2013, 7:30 AM

# Budget 2014

Noonan: VAT rate for restaurants likely to rise

The Finance Minister said the reduction of the 13.5 per cent rate for the hospitality sector had always been a short-term “pump priming” measure.

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Sep 20th 2013, 6:51 PM

# Budget 2014

'Another brick in the wall': Education minister on economic growth figures

Ruairí Quinn said there is still a long way to go…

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Sep 19th 2013, 6:00 PM

# Social Housing

Concern about NAMA handing over properties it can't sell for social housing

Focus Ireland has said that there is a feeling that NAMA tries to sell off property and if they can’t, it is then proposed as social housing, though many of the agency’s properties are not suitable.

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Sep 19th 2013, 2:44 PM

# Seanad referendum

"I don't want to embarrass you" - Taoiseach's excuse for not doing TV debate with Martin

Enda Kenny clashed with Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin at the first Leaders’ Questions of the new Dáil term today.

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Sep 18th 2013, 5:17 PM

# Budget 2014

Government can avoid further cuts with tax hike for top 10% of earners

The Nevin Economic Research Institute said that €400 million could be raised with a 1.5 per cent increase on the top 10 per cent of earners.

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Sep 18th 2013, 8:51 AM

# Budget 2014

Burton: Welfare cap not being considered for Budget

The Minister for Social Protection said the measure had been on the table, but was no longer being looked at ahead of next month’s Budget.

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Sep 17th 2013, 7:52 PM

# Budget 2014

Enda Kenny: 'I feel the people's pain'

The Taoiseach has said that the Budget is going to be tough no matter what but that the coalition would aim to deliver it “in as fair a way as possible”.

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Sep 17th 2013, 9:15 AM

# thinking

Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil think-ins to conclude today

Lots more thinking to be done on day two…

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Sep 17th 2013, 6:15 AM

# Budget 2014

Noonan: We might have some leeway if figures ahead of Budget are positive

Michael Noonan indicated there may be a Budget adjustment of less than €3.1 billion if there’s good news contained in two key sets of data, but he said the final figure had not yet been decided.

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Sep 16th 2013, 11:04 PM

# Smoking

Call for 50c 'environmental levy' on packs of 20 cigarettes

ASH Ireland said the levy should be imposed on the tobacco industry, on the ‘polluter pays’ principle.

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Sep 16th 2013, 9:46 AM

# Labour Pains

Gilmore: The Irish people aren't going to punish the party that solved the crisis

The Tánaiste has defended the Labour Party’s record in government and said that Joan Burton is doing a “fabulous job”.

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Sep 16th 2013, 9:19 AM

# Dáil

They're back: Here are 8 questions we're asking ahead of the new Dáil term

The Seanad is also back but will it be abolished? We look at that and seven other questions ahead of the return of TDs and Senators this week.

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Sep 16th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Get thinking

Budget likely to top agenda as Fine Gael, Labour and Fianna Fáil hold think-ins

Fine Gael’s holds its two-day meeting in Portlaoise, Co Laois while Labour is meeting in Enfield, Co Meath and Fianna Fáil is holding its annual think-in in Waterford.

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Sep 16th 2013, 6:12 AM

# Budget 2014

Watch: Gerry Adams talks the Seanad, Dáil reform and Budget 2014

The Sinn Féin president says that his party will “ferociously argue” against budget measures that would “heap the burden” on families and carers.

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Sep 14th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Budget 2014

IMF want Ireland to 'continue track record' of budget cuts

The IMF’s Gerry Rice wants Ireland to keep pace with cuts but did not rule out a reduction to deal with the “drag on growth”.

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Sep 13th 2013, 3:56 PM

# Budget 2014

TDs to be told: 'Coalition needs to live up to staffing promises in mental health'

Mental Health Reform will address TDs and Senators today on issues in the sector; the group is highlighting shortfalls in promised staffing levels and concerns about ring-fencing of funding.

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Sep 12th 2013, 6:00 AM

# Budget 2014

Government called on to address housing shortage in Budget 2014

Threshold has said that up to 30,000 new houses need to be constructed annually to meet demand.

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Sep 11th 2013, 11:53 AM

# Budget 2014

Finance Committee demands forecast data from department ahead of budget

The committee wants access to the same data and presentations that will be provided to the Economic Management Council.

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Sep 11th 2013, 11:12 AM

# Moving On?

Gilmore: "I am not wedded to Foreign Affairs"

The Labour leader has not ruled out moving to a domestic post in the lifetime of the coalition, but has rejected the suggestion he needs to spend more time in the country in order to address problems within the party.

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Sep 10th 2013, 11:41 AM

# Budget

Number of new homeless people rises by at least 7 a day

Focus Ireland launches its 2014 pre-Budget submission today and said that the government needs to avoid forcing more households into homelessness.

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Sep 10th 2013, 10:40 AM

# Austerity

Honohan: The government's budgetary policy makes sense

The Irish Central Bank governor has said that the ‘steady course’ the government charted and stuck to has been key to restoring lender credibility.

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Sep 10th 2013, 10:12 AM

# Budget 2014

'Austerity hawks' want to use Ireland as 'economic experiment' - Gilmore

Táinaiste Eamon Gilmore said in an interview with the Financial Times said that the Government will not let others ‘drive the speedometer’ on Irish austerity.

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Sep 9th 2013, 5:54 PM

# Budget 2014

Ruairí Quinn: 'The budget cut has to be less than €3.1 billion'

The Education Minister was speaking with just over a month to go until Budget 2014.

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Sep 8th 2013, 2:01 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Should the government ease up on austerity in this budget?

The Labour Party wants to see just €2 billion in cuts in the next budget but economists have said we must stick to the plan. What do you think?

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Sep 6th 2013, 10:09 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day

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Sep 6th 2013, 8:49 AM

# Budget 2014

Lynch: Labour wants €2bn worth of budget cuts instead of proposed €3.1bn

Minister for State Kathleen Lynch said she has yet to discuss this with coalition partners Fine Gael.

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Sep 6th 2013, 6:50 AM

# Up In Smoke

Charities call for 60 cent Budget hike in cigarette prices

The pre-Budget call from the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Heart Foundation is aimed at tackling the “enormous economic cost of smoking-related illness”.

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Sep 5th 2013, 8:56 PM

# Politicians' Pay

Pearse Doherty: Most TDs and Ministers use their pay to buy a new car or go on holiday

While the Sinn Féin TD said he and colleagues take home the average industrial wage most other TDs and ministers use some of their wages to buy a new car, go on holiday, put it in the bank or buy shares in the bank, he claimed.

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Sep 4th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Exchequer Returns

Exchequer returns: VAT receipts nearly €250 million behind target

But the deficit for the first eight months of this year was over €4 billion less than it was in the first eight months of 2012.

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Sep 3rd 2013, 6:07 PM

# shifting plates

New '132' reg system drives huge increase in August car sales

There was a 20 per cent increase in new car sales in August compared to the same month last year. However, looking at the year as a whole, sales are down 8 per cent.

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Sep 2nd 2013, 7:12 PM

# Budget 2014

Labour TD says protect social welfare, but FG TD says spending is not sustainable

Two government backbenchers have outlined vastly different approaches to Budget 2014 in columns for TheJournal.ie in the last 24 hours.

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Sep 2nd 2013, 6:45 AM

Voices

Column: 'Now is not the time for excessive cuts that will damage our recovery'

Labour TD Kevin Humphreys believes that an unnecessary €3.1 billion adjustment, as some in Fine Gael have proposed, would result in lower growth and loss of confidence and says that promissory note savings should be used.

Sep 2nd 2013, 6:40 AM