€10.5bn election giveaway spending spree in Budget 2025

Finance Minister Jack Chambers and Public Expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe make their way to the podium for their press conderence after delivering Budget 2025 in the Dáil. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/Rolling News

A €10.5bn election giveaway spending spree will see one-off payments before Christmas, cuts to taxes and additional spending, which are all targeted at putting money back in people’s pockets.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said the Government has used a massive surplus to “help people make ends meet”, but is also setting aside funds to make sure this generation of children “never experiences the austerity that many of us lived through”.