Budget 2021: So what exactly happens on budget day?

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe during a media briefing on the macroeconomic forecast for Budget 2021. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

Budget day is one of those important set-pieces in the political calendar filled with fanfare, rumours, and intense pressure on journalists to get the last tidbits on giveaways and cuts before they are announced in the Dáil chamber. 

This year, however, will be slightly different as, for social distancing purposes, the action will be moved across the river Liffey to the airy surrounds of the Convention Centre.