Fergus Finlay: Will today be a budget that shifts Ireland’s direction? I doubt it

Finance ministers are fiddling at the margins in budget after budget, never making any real life-altering decisions, writes Fergus Finlay

Public expenditure minister Michael McGrath and finance minister Paschal Donohoe at the Department of Finance signing off on Budget 2022. Picture: Moya Nolan

So — welcome to Budget Day. I’m almost tempted to say 'who cares?'. If you’ve been reading Daniel McConnell in this newspaper, you know pretty well everything that’s going to be announced today. 

The pension increases, the extra social welfare payments, the minor tax changes, the extra money for education, childcare, and tourism.