Feb 29th every year please

Yeah the 1st of April..

Who Gives a S**T ??? We just want to see the Government Cut their Huge wages and Unvouched for Expenses !!!!!

I think it wouldn’t do any harm to maybe have it in Oct/Nov-still plenty of time for people to have a heads up and it doesn’t put a total dampner on people’s Xmas.

Instaed of shifting the budget to a different month, how about shifting the government to a different country?

Then the Troika could get on with the social asset-stripping program without all the show-business/camouflage shadow-play.

It used to be in a different month, and worked fine. December is ok when times are good, and everyone is getting more money – not so good at times like this.

How about in ze middle of Oktober ven ze little pixie heads vill be full of ze bier ya!

There’s a very good reason that most sane countries don’t run their financial year from January to December.

It has been moved, moved to Berlin.

Less people are likely to protest in December- rain, cold, etc
I know its not a tropical paradise here but there is more agreeable weather to protest in May

bad news for individuals as an earlier budget means earlier implementation of tax increases etc costing us more money, for businesses makes more sense as won’t have to do payroll changes, system updates, etc during busiest time of year for lots of businesses

Great shot of Micky Mouse waving to the invisible hand of the heavenly market.

Yes there is one very important date that I think would be beneficial to all citizens of this country that date is the 12th of never

Makes no difference anyway it’s just going to be the same load or crap just at a different time of year

Jeasus Mary and Joseph,am I missing something here !!!!!.
We have just gotten a royal reaming from this shower of incompetent leeches and now there’s a poll for the next one.
For the love of God we have f*** all left to give…. Nothing,nill,nada, now what part of that have they got a problem with.
Jeasus this shower of leeches boil my p***.

Call me crazy but maybe if our media decided to stop focusing on non-issues like switching the month the budget is unveiled, we could progress as a country.

Perhaps focusing on real issues like how the Irish people are getting screwed over and how we can stop this?

Something you didn’t see in the media in the last week by the way:

Every single cent of the €3,500,000,000.00 tax hikes/spending cuts in the budget meant the government were taking OUR money and giving it directly to pay over gambling bankers.

Then again, why would we want that money anyway? Not like our schools or hospitals would need it.

Wouldn’t make any difference to the out come ..

Doesn’t it depend in the fiscal cycle both here and in Europe?

any time in the year 2020

@ Damien flinter brilliant solution and the only 1 that would work me thinks

Let’s people know where they stand before spending at Xmas which is one positive for the way it is now.

We need a budget every year. Just like every family needs to make a personal budget. The reason I voted no was that we have a better idea how the country is performing at the end if the year. But I do think that no changes should come into place until January

Minister Noonan caught on camera doing his best ever ‘Hitchcock’ impression………….

“…It scares people off spending…for Christmas”?!?!?

Oh, well then, let’s keep relevant facts to personal finance a secret until the very last minute. On second thought, lt’s just keep it a secret altogether. No need to worry the public about the messy little details of state finance. Spend on, citizens! Spend on!

They should announce it on the 12th of Never. I think that’s reasonable.

I think it should be left in December so people can see exactly what they have to spend after the government takes their cut from any benefits people still have just before and in time for Xmas. moving it to an earlier time would only create a smoke screen for what the government are really doing

Its not going to change anything I voted no.

yeah the 21st of never

martober

Yes it should it is not a good time of year to have a budget. It use to be in April. Why not have it in January.

Why move it? Before Christmas really focuses people’s annoyance….not that the shower in power take any notice anyway?!?!

So maybe October then…. December is 12 months away and October is 10 months away…
Why not June and the useless leech can get his second budget.
Then the paracites can “make more difficult decisions” that will destroy this country.