Host Ciarán Hancock is joined by guests to pore over the main points of Budget 2025.
The €10.5 billion package has a range of measures, including the threshold for higher income tax rate rising to €44,000, the minimum wage gets an 80 cent bump to €13.50 an hour, the USC rate will be cut to three per cent, income credits will increase by €125, and a €12 weekly increase to welfare and pension payments.
On the panel:
Michael Rooney, EY Ireland Tax Partner
Ryanair pilots’ union rejects suggestion of pay freeze
State requires large number of workers from outside European Economic Area, according to ESRI
Consumers ‘just about coping’ with financial pressures, credit union survey says
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Elaine Dunne, chairperson of the Federation of Early Childhood providers
Cliff Taylor, Irish Times Managing Editor
Jenifer Bray, Irish Times Political Correspondent
Produced by John Casey with JJ Vernon on sound.




























