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The Minister for Education said the new funding will benefit all primary schools who currently operate a school book rental scheme.
Revised estimates are required to be published before the end of 2013.
They also dressed as members of cabinet to highlight the differences in income between politicians and the unemployed.
Parents and supporters gathered at Crumlin Children’s Hospital this afternoon to protest revoking of cards for some chronically-ill children.
Budget 2014 hit the most vulnerable elements of society – not the young, the sick, the old, or pregnant alone. We need to show intergenerational solidarity and stand together against this injustice, writes Peter Kavanagh.
Access to health services is key to leaving homelessness behind – which is why Budget 2014 is so damaging to the Government’s commitment to end long-term homelessness by 2016, writes Niamh Randall.
One worries that without the telephone allowance her emergency alarm will be cut off. Another wishes he had never moved back to Ireland.
What’s to become of the very sick who can’t afford insurance cover and who don’t qualify for medical cards? Does anyone – including Reilly – know?
Psychologist Shane Martin is holding a free talk entitled “How to Cope with the Stress of Debt” this week.
Cuts to medical card allowances and social welfare payments have a direct impact on peoples’ the mental health – I know because I am one of those affected, writes Kate Bellamy.
One of the more perplexing cuts outlined in this year’s budget is the axing of the Bereavement Grant. People feel that they’re not safe from austerity, even in death, writes Geraldine Fitzgerald.
The cap on the tax relief on health insurance policies will increase the costs for customers.
The head of the OECD’s tax centre says there is no threat to the Irish corporate tax rate, but Michael Noonan wants to enhance the country’s reputation.
The Gathering brought in more than 300,000 tourists, but he said it is not something that can be done too often.
The cut in jobseeker’s allowance for those under 26 won’t nudge young people into “valuable training” in JobBridge or other schemes, it will push them into poverty and emigration, write Andrew Byrne and Dan Hayden.
He said this budget will bring us to a point where Ireland will have control of “its economic destiny”.
The youth arm of the Labour Party called a measure approved by its own party “regressive” and “fundamentally unfair”, but the party rejected ideas that it had attempted to censor the statement.
“Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart”… Well, different groups in our society have had to endure different levels of sacrifice, writes Colm Keaveney.
The American Chamber of Commerce and the IDA say that changes in Ireland’s tax residency rules will not affect Ireland’s competitiveness as a location for foreign direct investment.
The figures are extraordinarily precise, writes TheJournal.ie columnist Damien Kiberd – as imaginary numbers often neatly are.
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of today’s budget. Here’s how they were affected, in their own words.
We spoke to some readers about their hopes and fears ahead of today’s budget. Here’s how they were affected, in their own words.
Cuts to maternity benefit and unemployment benefit for young people as well as the abolition of the bereavement grant were the hot topics.
The plan is a further step towards the political disillusionment of young people, a drastic slash in living standards, and an even more polarised society, write Dan O’Neill and Fiona Dunkin.
Sinn Féin felt that the Budget was an attack on young people, repeating the message that the Government have “made emigration a policy”.
A higher level of payment offered within the scheme is to be cut for certain recipients.
The treatment of elderly people was highlighted by two Fianna Fáil spokespeople today, with Seán Fleming asking what the Government “has against elderly married couples?”.
Medical cards, GP care for children, a levy on banks and more…
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Proceeds from the sale will fund a €200 million capital investment scheme, says Brendan Howlin.
Did you miss the minister’s Budget 2014 announcement earlier? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.
The €6.4 billion discretionary account in the National Pensions Reserve Fund will be used to invest in employment schemes in Ireland, Brendan Howlin said today.
If you smoke or drink, enjoy the price for the next nine hours or so – it is rising at midnight.
The current rate of tax means airlines have to pay €3 for every passenger departing from an airport.
The pilot scheme, which was rolled out this year in Waterford and Limerick, will be extended to the other cities in the country in 2014.
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