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Carbon monoxide fears
Energy customers to be hit with carbon tax increase from tomorrow
From Saturday, the carbon tax on fuel will be €33.50 per tonne, up from €26 per tonne

Fri, 30 Apr, 2021

High angle view of businessman counting money
Remote workers feel the pinch with inadequate tax relief system
Plan to set up 400 remote-working hubs in rural areas, but employees need more tax incentives

Sat, 17 Apr, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Oct 23, 2020
Target of 15,000 gardaí by 2021 to be missed
GRA says commissioner's ambition of 450 students this year "aspirational"

Sat, 27 Feb, 2021

Working from home study
Government explored one-off €50 tax credit for every worker as work from home incentive
Officials also explored the possibility of a revamped 'home renovation' incentive. 

Tue, 02 Feb, 2021

Coronavirus - Fri Jul 24, 2020
Michael McGrath: Tax increases are on the cards
Minister for Public Expenditure says the measures would be nowhere near as drastic as were seen during the economic crash.

Wed, 02 Dec, 2020

CC COVID-19 UPDATE
More than 6,000 firms register for Covid support payment
Covid Restrictions Support Scheme offers a maximum weekly payment of €5,000 to viable businesses closed due to pandemic

Fri, 13 Nov, 2020

3,853 businesses registered for Covid Restrictions Support Scheme this week
3,853 businesses registered for Covid Restrictions Support Scheme this week
Businesses can receive up to €5,000 per week if trade has been significantly impacted by restrictions

Fri, 06 Nov, 2020

VRT increases should be paused until impact on carbon emissions is established — ICCRA
VRT increases should be paused until impact on carbon emissions is established — ICCRA
The latest changes will add 'at least' €1,000 to the average price of a car

Thu, 29 Oct, 2020

Covid-19 Press Conf Thursday 15th October
Terry Prone: Millionaire’s message failed to woo even the Profit before People fans
The proposition of an ad published last week would seem to be that old people, and people who are not 100% healthy, are expendable, writes Terry Prone 

Mon, 19 Oct, 2020

Business hopes for a Christmas miracle fizzle out on fears over level five restrictions
Business hopes for a Christmas miracle fizzle out on fears over level five restrictions
The recommendation of top health advisers to move to level five has raised fears about the Christmas season

Mon, 19 Oct, 2020

Covid-19: Level five restrictions threaten budget unemployment forecasts       
Covid-19: Level five restrictions threaten budget unemployment forecasts       
Economists warn the toughest level of controls over the key Christmas trading period will lead to significant business failures

Sat, 17 Oct, 2020

Joyce Fegan: In 2020, is a woman's place still in the home?
Joyce Fegan: In 2020, is a woman's place still in the home?
Parents don't need €1 here and a week's leave there, as promised in this week's budget — what parents need is a public model of childcare

Sat, 17 Oct, 2020

Waterford academic: Budget 'too centred on Cork and Dublin'
Waterford academic: Budget 'too centred on Cork and Dublin'
The budget announced by the Government is "massively reckless", further alienates regional Ireland, and is too centred on Cork and Dublin, a leading Waterford-based academic has said.

Fri, 16 Oct, 2020

Fine Gael TDs round on Paschal Donohoe for not spending earlier
Fine Gael TDs round on Paschal Donohoe for not spending earlier
Finance minister Paschal Donohoe has been on the receiving end of some internal criticism from his Fine Gael party colleagues for not spending big last year ahead of the general election.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Mental health survey
Budget 2021 allocation to mental health deemed 'totally inadequate'
The budgetary allocation of €50 million for mental health is just 1% of the overall health budget for 2021 and is “totally inadequate” to meet the growing demand for services and support a new mental health strategy, the Psychiatric Nurses ...

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Covid budget will only lead to economic catastrophe
Letter to the Editor: Covid budget will only lead to economic catastrophe
There we have it. Another budget when we try to decipher what good it’s actually going to do. Deck-chair rearranging and talk of money being no object is the way to go apparently.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Budget 2021
Irish Examiner View: A digital game changer
IN his budget speech on Tuesday, Paschal Donohoe, the finance minister, pledged to build a stronger Ireland from the "ashes of the pandemic". One way to do that is to recognise the potential of the digital economy and look at ways to assist it.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Paschal Donohoe interview: ‘It would be great if we were all in the same building’
Paschal Donohoe interview: ‘It would be great if we were all in the same building’
Fresh from delivering Budget 2021, Paschal Donohoe sits down with Political Editor Daniel McConnell and reveals making major decisions amid a pandemic has brought the coalition closer together

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

CC MICHEAL MARTIN
Taoiseach defends 'budget for hope'
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, meanwhile, told the Dáil that the pandemic had highlighted weaknesses in Irish society, but said the budget aimed to address those

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Coolavanny Chick wins the race 19/9/2020
Welfare group 'disappointed' as greyhound racing receives €19.2m in budget
Defending the decision, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said the increase in funding was "important" to the sport, as spectators were no longer able to attend events

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Donnelly denies double-counting of hospital beds in Budget 2021
Donnelly denies double-counting of hospital beds in Budget 2021
The health minister Stephen Donnelly has said there is no double-counting of hospital beds announced in the budget.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

CC LEINSTER HOUSE
Opposition brand Budget 2021 'a negligent dereliction of duty'
As the mammoth budget was digested around Leinster House, opposition TDs have slammed the government on housing, welfare and childcare.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

CC CABINET MEETING
Minister pledges 'immediate improvements' in direct provision system
He said that they have been very clear  about ending direct provision but it is going to take time and that the increased allocations in the Budget were "absolutely necessary".

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Group of friends playing digital games at home.
Tax credit aims to allow Ireland compete in the €100bn gaming industry
Global gaming industry is larger than movie and music industries combined

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Irish government cabinet meeting
New affordability scheme 'not a double mortgage', says housing minister
Housing minister Darragh O'Brien has denied that his department's affordability scheme is a "win for developers" or a "double mortgage". The housing budget will top €3.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Coronavirus - Tue Sep 15, 2020
Donnelly: Schools should stay open even with new restrictions  
Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says that he wants schools to remain open across the country even if there are new restrictions but said that he will not pre-empt any Cabinet decision on the border counties.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Dublin Airport hangar six dispute
Budget failed to support Aviation workers - SIPTU
Budget 2021 was 'a missed opportunity' for the Government to ensure a functioning aviation industry post-Covid

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Minister hoping fund will 'trickle down' to entertainment workers
Minister hoping fund will 'trickle down' to entertainment workers
Arts minister Catherine Martin is hoping that a €50m fund for the live entertainment industry will "trickle down" to musicians, stage crew, and other workers.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Budget to see creation of National Food Ombudsman office
Budget to see creation of National Food Ombudsman office
A National Food Ombudsman office will be created under budget commitments for the Department of Agriculture next year.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Budget 2021: €1.8bn for Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Budget 2021: €1.8bn for Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
€79m in new funding for agri-environment and major Rural Development schemes extended

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Daniel McConnell: Spend, spend, spend - but no champagne corks popping
Daniel McConnell: Spend, spend, spend - but no champagne corks popping
The biggest giveaway budget in history has seen overall Government spending balloon from €87bn last year to €106bn this year and €109bn next year

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Irish Budget
Irish Examiner view: Pandemic will define Budget 2021 outcomes
Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe concluded his budget speech yesterday in a way few, if any, of his predecessors felt obliged to, probably because none of them faced as many troubling known knowns or indeed inevitable unknown unknowns as we do today.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

close up of man with car documents outside
VRT changes are 'anti-rural' and will lead to job losses says Cork car dealer
Industry representatives say the changes are likely to lead to an increase, rather than a reduction in car carbon emissions

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Border counties may see more restrictions to stop virus spread, says Tánaiste
Border counties may see more restrictions to stop virus spread, says Tánaiste
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has indicated that border counties could move to level 4 restrictions as the situation north of the border worsens. Speaking before Northern Ireland , the Tánaiste said the government will monitor the decisions taken by Stormont.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Budget must give 'real, tangible security' not just hope, says McDonald
Budget must give 'real, tangible security' not just hope, says McDonald
Mary Lou McDonald, who argued that "action is needed" in terms of tackling the spread of Covid-19, said that businesses will need more support that the Covid Response Support Scheme (CRSS) announced yesterday.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Blurred emergency in hospital
Gerard Howlin: Weaning ourselves off economic methadone will be very difficult
Borrowing will not pay for permanently increased current spending — only tax will

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

The Mick Clifford Podcast: #Budget2021 a budget like no other
The Mick Clifford Podcast: #Budget2021 a budget like no other
Economist Jim Power and Irish Examiner Political Correspondent Danny McConnell joined Mick to discuss this and other elements of Budget 2021

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Aoife Moore: Budget day saw odd couple enjoying a marriage of convenience
Aoife Moore: Budget day saw odd couple enjoying a marriage of convenience
More than 12,000 weddings have been cancelled this year, but the Opposition would have us believe that we'd finally seen the marriage we'd all been waiting for on budget day.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Carers and their families were failed spectacularly during Covid crisis
Carers and their families were failed spectacularly during Covid crisis
The clamour to fight for the economic wellbeing of ‘workers’ and ‘ordinary’ people is worthwhile, but it has revealed the lowliness with which the political class regard us carers

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Bumper €18bn budget to weather Covid-19 and Brexit storms
Bumper €18bn budget to weather Covid-19 and Brexit storms
But escalating restrictions due to soaring cases could derail plan

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Budget 2021: Cashback for firms to combat Covid-19 crisis 
Budget 2021: Cashback for firms to combat Covid-19 crisis 
The budget announced an unprecedented level of expenditure focused on getting businesses and employers through the rest of 2020.

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

More billions in spending may be needed to see out Covid-19 jobs crisis   
More billions in spending may be needed to see out Covid-19 jobs crisis   
Whether the Government can keep its nerve to spend even more if the pandemic takes a further vicious turn will only be known in time

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Irish Budget
How does Budget 2021 affect you?
We break down some of the scenarios

Wed, 14 Oct, 2020

Coronavirus - Mon Oct 5, 2020
Taoiseach: Budget 2021 'goes some way' to addressing devastating impact of Covid-19
In an exclusive Budget day interview with the Irish Examiner, he rejected opposition criticism that the Budget offers little for working people

Tue, 13 Oct, 2020

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