What Budget 2026 means for you — welfare boosts, new housing funds, and tax changes 

Budget 2026 delivers major spending boosts for welfare, housing, and health, alongside new taxes on fuel, vapes, and cigarettes
What Budget 2026 means for you — welfare boosts, new housing funds, and tax changes 

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe (right) and public expenditure minister Jack Chambers (left) outside Government Buildings, Dublin, ahead of the budget. 

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025 - 18:21
Steven Heaney

Finance minister Paschal Donohoe and public expenditure minister Jack Chambers have delivered Budget 2026, outlining major spending and tax changes for the year ahead.

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