THE DAIL has passed legislation which allows the minimum wage to be cut by €1 to €7.65. There were 79 votes in favour of the legislation; and 74 votes against. The Financial Measures Bill also covers the reduction of salaries of the Taoiseach, the Tanaiste and TDs by €14,000, €11,000 and €10,000 respectively. It will also see public service sectors pensions cuts by 12 per cent over €60,000.
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# budget-2011 - Wednesday 4 January, 2012
Government’s 2011 tax income misses Budget target by 2.5 per cent
New data published by the Department of Finance show that income tax, VAT and corporation tax were all lower than expected.
# budget-2011 - Thursday 29 December, 2011
Recessions, downgrades and Super Mario – 2011: the year in money
2011 may be remembered in future as the year we sorted out the financial crisis – or the year in which it grew beyond our control.
# budget-2011 - Monday 5 December, 2011
PLAY: Budget Bingo 2012
It’s that time of year again – so why not ease your Budget anxieties with a round of TheJournal.ie’s Budget Bingo…
# budget-2011 - Sunday 5 June, 2011
Jackie Healy-Rae threatened to withdraw support from government who told ‘blatant lies’
New documents published by RTÉ reveal details of the correspondence between the independent Kerry TD and the government prior to last December’s budget as well as earlier this year.
# budget-2011 - Thursday 27 January, 2011
Payday a black day for many Irish workers
Enquiries to make contact with financial institutions and counselling services saw a hike as workers find a hole in their January pay packet.
# budget-2011 - Tuesday 25 January, 2011
Michael Lowry and the Finance Bill: his statement in full
The full text of Michael Lowry’s statement on his opposition to the Finance Bill, which may now fail to survive the Dáil.
# budget-2011 - Friday 21 January, 2011
Finance Bill delays property tax relief changes
The Bill also brings deadline for filing self-employed income tax and capital gains tax forward, and specifies cuts to tax relief on third-level fees.
# budget-2011 - Monday 3 January, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things you really need to know this morning: A referendum on scrapping the Seanad, more speculation of a Fianna Fáil heave, and water outages for two more weeks.
# budget-2011 - Monday 27 December, 2010
2010 in review: September
A ‘final’ cost on Anglo Irish Bank, scorn for Conor Lenihan, and questions over Brian Cowen’s Morning Ireland performance.
# budget-2011 - Sunday 12 December, 2010
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Nine things you really, really need to know by 9am: Gerry Ryan’s open secret, Fine Gael’s bailout fallout, and some cranky phone calls for the Cabinet.
# budget-2011 - Friday 10 December, 2010
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you really, really need to know by 9am: Bank bonuses to be taxed at 90 per cent, the family of a brain injured man who was savagely beaten by a man who was out on bail speak out, and Dublin zoo needs you.
Budget 2011: Final Bill comes before Dáil today
Bill which sees minimum wage cut by a euro, reduces the salaries of the Taoiseach and ministers, and reduces public service pensions is expected to pass Dáil vote today.
# budget-2011 - Thursday 9 December, 2010
July 2010: Brian Lenihan calls end to “mad bonuses”. Dec 2010: AIB bankers get €40m bonus.
Bank bailed out by taxpayers says it is contractually obliged to pay bonuses from 2008 – the year the banking crisis hit.
Budget 2011: Child benefit, social welfare cuts come before Dáil
Minister Ó Cuív defends leaving pension payments untouched while cutting child and disability support.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things you really need to know by 9am: AIB hands out €40 million in bonuses, election goes on the long finger and the Taoiseach uses the s-word.
# budget-2011 - Wednesday 8 December, 2010
Budget 2011: Bumper payday for self-employed high earners
Self-employed single people earning over €200,150 a year will be better off in 2011, thanks to generous reform of the PRSI system.
Budget 2011: the tabloid take
Slideshow: A round-up of the front pages of Ireland’s red tops this morning.
Cowen says “no one is more sorry” Ireland is in this situation than he is
Brian Cowen says it’s his responsibility to instil confidence in Ireland, and then rounds on the alternative government.
Budget 2011: Alcohol and cigarette levies would send trade away – Lenihan
New levies on alcohol would send further shoppers to the North, while cigarette levies would play into the hands of smugglers.
Dáil leaders debate savage Budget 2011 cuts
Enda Kenny decries Brian Cowen’s “scoffs” at FG policy, while the Taoiseach says an FG-Labour coalition couldn’t govern.
Budget 2011: What the world’s press thinks
Is Ireland’s Budget an “austerity masterclass”, “the first crucial step to recovery”, or just “the harshest ever proposed”?
Budget 2011: the war of words
The war is not just being fought on the economic front…Budget 2011 has also turned out to be a battle of wit.
Budget 2011: In Numbers
The main points of Budget 2011, broken down by TheJournal.ie into a by-the-numbers guide.
Poll: Are you more worried about your finances now than you were before Budget 2011?
Or has the Budget reassured you about your future, and that of the country?
Budget 2011: The first legislation ‘to make families hungry’
The low paid, middle-incomes, families, social welfare recipients, the Taoiseach, the President: did only the TDs escape?
The 9 at 9: Wednesday
Nine things you really, really need to know by 9am: the world takes stock of Ireland’s budget, the customers who got ‘free money’ from Bank of Ireland will have to pay it back and David Drumm is quizzed about his wife’s jewellery.
Child benefit and social welfare cuts come before Oireachtas
Dáil to debate changes to social welfare payments including child benefit and the jobseeker’s allowance as proposed in the Budget.
# budget-2011 - Tuesday 7 December, 2010
Small businessowner, income of €20,000 – €35,000
Sue is married and has been running her own business for the past ten years
Married with children, unemployed, relying on social welfare
Michael is cohabiting, has two children, and is currently unemployed.
Retired and living on old age pension
Noel is an 83-year-old retired widower who receives the old age pension.
President offers to take Budget 2011’s biggest wage cut
Mary McAleese volunteers to cap her public sector salary at €250,000 next year – that’s a drop of €75,000
Budget 2011 hits ministerial planes, (cranes) and automobiles
Pooling the Mercs and dropping the Learjet: the Government find themselves transported to a new era of getting around.
Budget 2011: the expert view
We asked five experts what they made of Budget 2011.
Found: the one person who’s better off after Budget 2011
If you live at home, have no dependants, don’t pay a trade union subscription and are earning exactly €26,001 – congratulations. This Budget has left you better off.
Director of a small business
Mark is married with one child and is the director of a small consulting business.
Virtual Panel for the Budget 2011
Meet the TheJournal.ie panellists who talk candidly about the affect the Budget will have on them.
Budget 2011 a “puppet Budget from puppet government” – opposition
The opposition parties, predictably, are less than enthused about the measures outlined by Brian Lenihan.
Your say
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Poll: Have you reduced your alcohol consumption in the past year?
THE AMOUNT OF alcohol consumed in Ireland fell by 4.4 per cent in the last 12 months, while in the past 12 years, it declined by 20 per cent.
“The majority of people in this country consume alcohol in a moderate, responsible manner that is entirely compatible with a healthy lifestyle and in line with European norms,” said Kathryn D’Arcy, director of Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland.
Some people can no longer afford to drink alcohol, others could be looking after their health, while many have suggested that the reduction in consumption could be related to emigration rates.
So today we want to know what do you think. Have you reduced your alcohol consumption in the past year?
Poll Results:
Read: ‘Drunken Irish’ no more: Alcohol consumption falls 20% in 12 years>
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