BUDGET 2019: Review
[dropcap]Budget [/dropcap]2019 has been criticized as being an ‘election budget’ by Labour TD Joan Burton, after Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe’s speech on October 9th.
[dropcap]Budget [/dropcap]2019 has been criticized as being an ‘election budget’ by Labour TD Joan Burton, after Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe’s speech on October 9th.
[dropcap]Higher [/dropcap]Education, Further Education & Training, and Research will receive an investment of €150 million, said Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe in his Budget 2019 speech on October 9th.
Minimum wage will increase to €9.80 per hour, with USC reducing in the third rate from 4.75 per cent to 4.5 per cent. Read more…
A planned 50 per cent increase was expected for carbon tax. This would have increased carbon tax from the current amount of €20 to €30 per tonne. The rate has remained unaltered since May 2014. Read more…
[dropcap]All [/dropcap]social welfare payments are to increase by €5 per week from next year. The Christmas bonus for welfare recipients will also be restored in full, to commence later this year. Donohoe said: “In addition Read more…
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport was allocated €1.26 billion from the Budget 2019. €40 million of this will go towards fixing potholes. Read more…
[dropcap]Minister [/dropcap]of Finance, Paschal Donohoe has announced an additional €60 million euro to be spent on reforms within the department of Justice and Equality. The €60 million will be used to provide additional asylum accommodation, Read more…
Mental health funding will see the total funding increase to €1 billion, an increase of 9 per cent. Read more…
The Budget 2019 has allocated €2.3 billion towards the housing programme next year, announced the minister for finance, Paschal Donohoe at the Dáil today. Read more…