Pricing pressures in Irish economy now on par with Celtic Tiger era, fiscal council warns
Budgetary watchdog claims Government’s net spending this year will jump close to 9% despite its own self-imposed 5% limit
Budgetary watchdog claims Government’s net spending this year will jump close to 9% despite its own self-imposed 5% limit
Fianna Fáil Minister for Finance on the challenges of putting together his first budget, which will include a €3bn injection for key infrastructure priorities
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The Irish economy continues to perform well but there are potential speed bumps ahead
From bumper corporate tax receipts to job losses at a major multinational it has been an ever eventful week in the life of the Irish economy
No one would campaign under the slogan ‘To Hell With the Future’ but it is starting to look like the coming election will merit such a rallying cry
Budgetary oversight organisation claims Coalition is pursuing an ‘everything now’ approach to the budget which will add fuel to the price fire
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council claims Government is pursuing an ‘everything now’ approach to budgeting by simultaneously promising tax cuts and higher spending
Cork-based economist was previously chairman of the budgetary body between 2017 and 2019
Government will make additional €1.2bn available for health service despite almost 10% cost overrun so far this year
Summer school told ‘very low or no tax rates on low income’ is a policy choice that would be very difficult to reverse
Summer Economic Statement indicates tax measures amounting to €1.4 billion will be in October’s budget with additional spending of €6.9 billion
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About half the State’s annual corporate tax take – €12 billion – is now classified as windfall
There is a long history of governments tightening spending even as an election looms
Acting chairman of Irish Fiscal Advisory Council tells Oireachtas committee net spending is set to exceed the 5% limit this year and next
Watchdog’s warnings come ahead of tricky financial budget and possible snap election
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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says Government's current budgetary policy ‘not appropriate’ given strength of economy
Announcement comes ahead of appointment of new chair in wake of departure of Sebastian Barnes last year
New fiscal rules will make it much harder for finance ministers to spend recklessly
The cocktail called the “budget bonanza” features some reasonable pre-budget suggestions sloshing around with some very poor ones
Loss could be offset by charging drivers for road use by distance or congestion charges, Irish Fiscal Advisory Council analysis notes
Timing of the next election could be crucial in determining the outcome, and three options - June, after the October budget or early 2025 - are being mulled, say insiders
Slow pace of deployment of renewable-energy projects poses chief risk to State’s climate objectives, warns energy economist Lisa Ryan
Very high existing levels of national debt create vulnerabilities for the years ahead and must be taken into account for planning
Minister for Finance has scrapped proposals to cut the fee to be paid to the chair of the budgetary watchdog
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council estimates that electrification of vehicle fleet, retrofitting, and agriculture will be costliest areas
Ifac comments follow tensions about the budgetary watchdog’s criticism of the October budget
Department’s record exchequer numbers for the year just ended may be as good as it gets
An increasingly mature multinational sector, our reliance on a few big companies and changes in global tax rules will all affect future tax revenues
The jobs market has held in well, but the economy slowed as the year went on with consumers cautious and a fall-off in exports
Biggest concern for the year ahead appears to centre on whether ECB has gone too far with rate rises
Regulator’s latest economic commentary paints a positive picture of domestic economy despite international headwinds
The ‘soft landing’ scenario is now the dominant economic narrative supported by most of the agencies here, including the ESRI, Central Bank and the Government, but will it play out?
We have been repeatedly told that the Fiscal Advisory Council exists to ‘institutionalise’ the memory of the crash but that aim clashes with the politics of managing the economy
McGrath’s strong response to Ifac, plans for third Dublin Airport terminal on McEvaddy land, Amazon data centres objector and Meta sparks row between regulators
The budgetary watchdog claims the Government is engaged in creative accounting to make spending look lower than it actually is
After three months of weak returns, ministers breathed a sigh of relief thanks to a bumper return for November
Politics versus prudence will be a big clash next year : after several Big Mac budgets, can the Coalition really offer voters a hamburger?
Minister for Finance insists Government ‘struck the right balance’ in Budget 2024 in the wake of the Ifac accusation that ‘fiscal gimmickry’ was used to flatter the numbers.
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council claims Government is adopting an ‘everything now’ approach to budgeting which risks repeating past mistakes
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council head says overruns in recent years could have been avoided with more accurate assessment of standstill costs
First proposed in 2006, auto-enrolment of workers is slated to start in the second half of next year, after years of delays and false dawns
Ireland cannot sustain a bigger state on our current tax base
CSO statistics show State’s headline debt fell by €11.4bn to €224.8bn at the end of 2022
Sinn Féin leader says Donnelly was ‘thrown under the bus’ while Taoiseach accuses SF of being ‘seriously high tax’ party
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council claims one-off measures run risk of fanning further inflation
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Estimate comes with Ireland well behind on hitting its 2030 climate targets
He says Government will put some of its projected surpluses into debt reduction and the rest into two funds
There will be an additional multibillion euro package of temporary measures to tackle the cost-of-living crisis
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Minister insists he is getting balance between spending and saving the current tax windfall right
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