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# budget2017 - Monday 17 October, 2016
Giving parents a tax credit for childcare would have cost nearly €600m
Finance Minister Michael Noonan said providing tax credits for paid child care would fail an equity test.
# budget2017 - Friday 14 October, 2016
Creches may have to publish their fees under new childcare package
It’s understood the department will be calling for all childcare services and creches to be transparent and publish the cost of their fees.
# budget2017 - Thursday 13 October, 2016
Government's first-time buyers plan has added up to €45,000 to price of some houses
In one Wicklow development, the price of a house rose by between €17,500 and €45,000 following the Government’s new first-time buyers scheme.
Ministers aren't going to get a €12,000 pay hike after all
The Department of Public Expenditure has confirmed to TheJournal.ie that Minister Paschal Donohoe will ask Cabinet to waive the pay restoration.
# budget2017 - Wednesday 12 October, 2016
Michael Noonan tips Paschal Donohoe to become Fine Gael leader
The Finance Minister said his Cabinet colleague “has all the qualities” to lead the party.
# budget2017 - Tuesday 4 October, 2016
More childcare, schools and capital spending, and lots of tax changes - Sinn Féin's budget proposals
TheJournal.ie have received an advance copy of the party’s “alternative budget” to be unveiled today.
# budget2017 - Monday 19 September, 2016
People who make craft beer might get a happy boost in the Budget
Agriculture Minister Michael Creed told TheJournal.ie that he has been consulting with people in the microbrewery industry on how to boost business even more.
# budget2017 - Thursday 15 September, 2016
Government ministers have Budget wishlists - but there's not enough money to go around
Ministers budget submissions come to in excess of €3 billion.
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Poll: Are live debates influencing how you'll vote in the General Election?
WE’RE JUST 11 days out from poll day for the General Election.
Last night, the seven leaders from the main political parties took part in RTÉ’s first live TV debate of the campaign.
The leaders of political parties which included – Fine Gael’s Leo Varadkar, Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald, Fianna Fáil’s Micheál Martin, Green Party’s Eamon Ryan, People Before Profit’s Richard Boyd Barrett, Labour’s Brendan Howlin and Roísín Shortall of the Social Democrats – clashed over housing, pensions, crime and taxation.
This debate came after Varadkar and Martin went head-to-head on Virgin Media One last week.
So, today we want to know: Are live debates influencing how you’ll vote in the General Election?
Poll Results:
No (7550)
Yes (2713)
I'm not sure / no opinion (591)
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By Darach Ó Séaghdha - @TheIrishFor
Wedding prayers and toasts can sound so beautiful in Irish, writes Darach Ó Séaghdha.
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