Homecare hours increase, free contraception age rises: What has the budget done for health?
Next year’s budget provided an additional €1.8 billion for the health service
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Defence gets record €1.6bn to fund new recruitment, helicopters and radar system
An Garda Síochána has got more funding in Budget 2027 to allow intake of 1,000 new recruits next year
Budget 2027 flash points: Income tax cuts, a cautious savings scheme and the culture card that never was
After months of leaks and kite-flying, what are the key takeaways of Budget 2027?
Budget 2027: Help-to-buy scheme increases; free contraception age rises
Fuel allowance to increase by €5; €10 increase in weekly social welfare rates as Opposition describes measures as ‘budget for Scrooges’
Budget 2027 main points: €10 increase in pension and welfare rates; 20 cent per ml tax on vapes
Here is our list of the key measures expected to be announced in Budget 2027 at lunchtime
Budget Q&A: Submit your questions to our expert panel on budget day
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Budget 2027 has become worst-kept secret in Irish politics – and that’s saying something
Simon Harris’s first budget is expected to bring reductions in tax for middle-income earners
Budget 2027 tax cuts to benefit middle-income earners by up to €1,500
Tax-free threshold for inheritance tax from parents to children is expected to increase by €20,000 to €420,000
Budget 2027: Ministers put finishing touches to package as final measures agreed
Inside Politics: Childcare costs, student fees and public service pay among issues still in focus ahead of Tuesday’s budget
Inheritance tax reform could unlock €170bn sitting on deposit, expert says
Current system incentivises families to hold assets until death because of tax implications
Budget 2027: Improved childcare supports to include after-school care
Families with a young child in creche could save €1,000 a year, while an income-tax package is expected for workers
The budget I want: A home owner, house hunter, parent, pensioner and business owner
Parents, homeowners, professionals, farmers, healthcare workers and people with disabilities discuss their priorities
Budget day looms amid first hints of uncertainty over corporation tax
Department admits that while business tax take will rise this year, it will not meet even recent forecasts
‘State bodies need to know they are being watched’: Government TD launches public spending site
Backbencher wants to create ‘panopticon’ for State entities and says Taoiseach approves
Budget 2027: Measures on pensions, welfare, income tax and more take shape
Continued acrimony in some quarters on Friday evening as many departments moved towards settling their budget
Budget builders: the money Ministers who are two sides of the same coin
As they finalise Budget 2027, young-career politicians Simon Harris and Jack Chambers are getting on better than some expected
Budget talks enter ‘banging fists on the table’ phase – metaphorically at least
Inside Politics: Meanwhile, Brexit is back and the Drumcree stand-off continues
‘Literally unbelievable’: Ministers get ‘a kicking’ from Chambers’s team as budget talks near end
Jack Chambers fights to meet 6 per cent limit on increases, with Ministers complaining bitterly
Public sector unions reject Jack Chambers’ call to enter talks as disagreement remains
Work-to-rule among large portions of civil and public service began on Wednesday
Public sector workers refusing to enter talks on pay deal, Chambers says
More than 100,000 civil and public servants commenced a work-to rule on Wednesday
The Irish Times view on Ireland’s education system: a detailed comparison with some surprises
Despite spending less than the OECD average, its educational outcomes are impressive
HSE financial ‘imbalance’ at start of year contributed to problems, says chief executive
Anne O’Connor tells staff substantial savings planned for 2025 not delivered and then carried into this year
What businesses would like to see in Budget 2027
Top 1000: Across all sectors of the economy, lowering the tax burden on work stands out as a key ask, as well relief on energy costs and supports for investment and entrepreneurship
Government to authorise new funding as €700m agreed in April runs out
Ministers told no longer sufficient funds to pay for measures agreed by Ministers over recent months
Our tax take used to be reliant on three companies. Now it hinges on one weight-loss drug
Ten years ago our total spending was half what it is now. And still we proceed with increase after increase
Inside Budget 2027: ‘The meeting was brutal’ - the tensions on the road to new spending package
In 10 days Simon Harris and Jack Chambers will present their budget – in Government back rooms the horse-trading with fellow Ministers is in full swing
Excise cuts on petrol and diesel could be extended ‘into early spring’
A continued lower carbon tax on home heating oil is an ‘absolute consideration’, Jack Chambers says
‘Nikita Hand should be the national treasure. Not him’: A rare moment of Dáil unity
Ivana Bacik called for an increase in the level of support for victims of domestic violence
Trade union balloting is ‘only delaying’ public sector pay deal, Jack Chambers says
Provision will be made in budget for new deal despite the lack of agreement, Minister says
Harris points to jobs, housing supports after poll shows young people considering leaving
Tánaiste defends record while acknowledging ‘real challenges and pressures’
Government to consider €3m ‘safe fund’ for women urgently fleeing domestic violence
Labour leader tells Dáil a quick escape can be difference ‘between a life saved and a life lost’
Big progress made in removing obstacles to critical projects, infrastructure tsar says
Former Glen Dimplex chief executive Sean O’Driscoll says the Government has delivered on plans
Irish footballers should abandon match against ‘baby killers’, TD tells Dáil
Paul Murphy calls on team to ‘do the right thing’ by refusing to fulfil Israel fixture on Sunday
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