THE MAJORITY OF people aren’t feeling positive about tomorrow’s Budget, according to the results of a new poll.
The Claire Byrne Live/ Amárach Research poll shows that 53% of people are feeling pessimistic about tomorrow’s Budget.
This compares to 31% who say they are feeling optimistic about the Budget and 16% who say they don’t care either way.
The poll was conducted with 1,000 adults.
The Government Budget for 2017 is set to be announced in the Dáil tomorrow afternoon.
Much of what’s on the cards has been flagged in recent weeks, with a number of tax cuts and increases in spending due to be announced.
An expected rise in the price of cigarettes (an old classic) will probably be announced.
As well as this, a tax measure to ease the financial burden for first-time house buyers is also expected to be announced.
There will also likely be cuts of 0.5% to the lower bands of the Universal Social Charge (USC) as well as a touted increase in the State pension.
While the minority Fine Gael/ Independents Government are in charge of the Budget, the confidence and supply agreement with chief opposition party Fianna Fáil means that that party has had a significant input.
There have been disputes flagged in recent days between both parties.
In the end, the final budgetary decisions come down to Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Public expenditure Minister Paschal Donohoe.
Tomorrow will tell if they succeed in keeping everyone happy.
Keep an eye on TheJournal.ie throughout the day tomorrow for all of our live Budget 2017 coverage
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