Revenue in line for windfall as Finance Bill sets May 1st deadline for putting affairs in order

Holders could avail of tax relief but pay no tax on funds that were then passed on to next generation

New measures included in the bill and important changes to Budget announcements

Threshold for first-time-buyer scheme reduced to 70 per cent of property’s value

Extension intended to generate income of €750m for exchequer

Noonan has been under significant presure for months to rein in vulture funds

Minister says change from 80 per cent after Central Bank concerns is ‘relatively minor’

Central Bank says income-tax rebate could encourage people to take on too much debt

Central Bank is understood to have raised concerns about the Budget 2017 proposal

Taoiseach says €14.6 billion ‘very, very substantial’ amount in response to SF leader

Precise detail of Help-to-Buy rebate scheme will not be clear until the Finance Bill is passed

Why are all the benefits for landlords? Some 20 per cent of TDs own rental property

Public finances

Childcare capacity issue surfaces following Budget announcement

Q&A: Dominic Coyle

Discussion about the country’s annual €55bn spend should not revolve around one day

Party’s point men show restraint when handling myriad demands and media scrutiny

First-time buyers’ tax refund will result in increased house prices at cost of €50 million

Cowen cites ‘blatant unfairness’ of €600,000 threshold in Coveney’s plan

Those likely to benefit include childminders who offer care services in their own home

Report considers income averaging, though other forms of funding might better suit

Sinn Féin calls on Government to ‘put a stop’ to pay increase of over €5,000 for TDs

TD Darragh O’Brien dismisses budget measure as ‘help-to-sell scheme’

Less than a third of families whose children need minding may gain from scheme

They endured a 65% tax rate and entertainment from Big Tom and Twink

Inside politics: Crucially there has been no rapid unravelling of Government’s carefully constructed budget

Expansion of ‘fiscal space’ to €1.3bn unexpected by Independent Alliance Ministers

Plans to close loopholes prompt unprecedented lobbying but will raise only €50m

Net Results: Budget should be about more than tax rates to retain likes of Google, Facebook and Intel

Call to cut rate from 13.5% to 9% in sector that is ‘on its knees’ unheeded by Government

Lower childcare costs would do more to encourage labour market participation

ESRI researchers find budget measures have been distributionally neutral in general

Most of the money to be spent in Dublin to prepare six locations for house building

Industry may not be able to cope with demand caused by Minister’s scheme, says group

Can he confound his critics once again?

Taoiseach criticised by FF leader for failing to come up with detailed budget policy

Independent TD accuses horse industry of ‘gobbling up’ huge tracts of lands

Willie O’Dea criticises decision to increase payment by €2.70 per week in Budget 2017

Mortgage relief of up to €20,000 will be available to owner occupiers in new builds