Government predicts €8.3bn in additional spending and tax measures for Budget 2025

Government will once again break its own spending rule by adjusting the expenditure strategy for 2025 and increasing total expenditure by 6.9%

Finance Minister Jack Chambers. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The Government will have an €8.3bn budget pot to dip into in October, it has confirmed.

The summer economic statement, published on Tuesday afternoon, shows that pot comprises additional public spending amounting to €6.9bn and taxation measures amounting to €1.4bn. That tax package is likely to be aimed at middle-income workers.