# Spending Cuts

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Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are the nine stories you need to know as you kick off your day.

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Jul 10th 2013, 8:48 AM

Aaron McKenna: Another tough Budget… but do the numbers add up?

With another €3billion in austerity on the way, the Government’s economic forecasts are starting to look more like fairy tales.

Dec 1st 2012, 8:15 AM

Voices

Column: 4 myths about austerity… busted

Ahead of an anti-austerity march, Michael O’Reilly argues that Budget decisions are being driven by false premises.

Nov 20th 2012, 7:00 AM

Voices

Column: It’s time to examine our corporate tax rate

We’re regularly told that “everything is on the table” for the Budget, writes Michael Taft. So what about corporation tax?

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Nov 15th 2012, 7:00 AM

Voices

Column: We’re told more austerity is inevitable. That’s not the whole story.

We hear a consensus that more big cuts are necessary – but there is an alternative, writes Tom Healy. Here it is.

Oct 5th 2012, 7:00 AM

Voices

Column: Austerity has an unequal impact on women. So let’s fix this.

Statistically speaking, spending cuts hit women hardest – but protecting disadvantaged groups should be at the heart of the Budget, write Orla O’Connor and Clara Fischer.

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Sep 14th 2012, 7:15 AM

Voices

Column: Forget about our ‘economic sovereignty’ – let’s look at what matters

Fears over ceding our sovereignty are misplaced – people do it all the time, writes Ronan Lyons. Here’s what we should be focusing on instead.

Aug 22nd 2012, 7:15 AM

# Budget 2013

Budget 2013: The speculation so far

Lots of speculation but no firm indication of what lies ahead this December. We round up what measures have been in the news and speculated on so far.

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Jul 2nd 2012, 1:15 PM

Voices

Column: End this ridiculous, wasteful culture of ‘salami slicing’

Not all areas deserve equal cuts – but there ARE some things we could do without, writes William Campbell.

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Jun 8th 2012, 7:00 AM

# Austerity

Government policy is 'not an austerity strategy', says Howlin

The Minister for Public Expenditure also said economists’ calls to pour resources into a stimulus strategy reminded him of “Fianna Fáil circa 1977″.

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Apr 12th 2012, 9:25 AM

Voices

Column: We need to stop taking money out of people’s pockets

Yes, we’ve got a deficit to deal with – but making ordinary consumers pay is hurting the wider economy as well as our wallets, writes Aaron McKenna.

Mar 6th 2012, 7:30 AM

# open thread

Let us know: What would YOU do in the Budget?

Ireland must find savings of €3.8billion next week. How would you do it?

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Dec 2nd 2011, 12:04 PM

# Wages

Two-thirds of people back Government's overall Budget strategy

An independent poll shows most people support the focus on spending cuts rather than tax increases.

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Nov 29th 2011, 8:34 AM

# Budget 2012

Cabinet meets to finalise Budget spending cuts

Ministers are due to meet this morning for final discussions on next month’s Budget, with welfare expected to be on the chopping block.

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Nov 22nd 2011, 7:21 AM

# Spending Cuts

Children's Hospital to go ahead but Metro North and DART underground shelved

The government’s capital expenditure announcements also included the news that the linking of the Luas lines will go ahead.

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Nov 10th 2011, 2:05 PM

# Spending Cuts

Capital spending cuts to be unveiled today

Several major projects are expected to be set aside as €750million is cut from the Government’s capital budget.

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Nov 10th 2011, 8:03 AM

# Jobs

One in five small firms hiring staff in next three months

However, an industry association said the environment is still very challenging for small businesses.

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Nov 1st 2011, 8:00 AM

# Budget 2012

€4 billion ‘should be cut in Budget 2012′

The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says the government needs to cut €4 billion from its spending if the state is expected to meet its 2015 deficit target.

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Oct 12th 2011, 1:03 PM

# Budget

Government plays down apparent spending cuts revelations

Comments made by the Justice Minister in the Dáil last week about proposed cuts on the way in his department have been dismissed as figures taken from a savings proposal.

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Oct 2nd 2011, 12:57 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you should known this morning…

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Oct 2nd 2011, 8:43 AM

# Budget 2012

Taoiseach: “Everything is on the table” in December’s Budget

Enda Kenny says his government is ‘prepared to be radical’ in the Budget – and refuses to clearly rule out raising income taxes.

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Sep 7th 2011, 9:54 AM

# Deficit Reduction

Government will publish a deficit reduction plan, says Minister

The Finance Minister has said that, next month, the government will publish a broad outline of spending cuts and tax increases planned for the next three or four years.

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Sep 6th 2011, 9:45 PM