IDA: Much to welcome with challenging times ahead

A solid and stable budgetary regime is key for foreign direct investors

IDA Ireland CEO Martin Shanahan

Prepared against a backdrop of the continuing fight against the Covid-19 global pandemic, and the prospect of a no-deal Brexit, Budget 2021 was crafted in an exceptional context.

While Ministers Donohoe and McGrath provided stark reminders of the challenging road ahead, and the unprecedented nature of the budgetary amounts unveiled underlined the scope and scale of those challenges, they also held out the prospect of hope.