As it happened: Budget 2017 tried to give a little bit to everyone (but not everyone is happy)
Here’s everything to know about Budget 2017.
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Here’s everything to know about Budget 2017.
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Budget 2017 will be announced on Tuesday.
54% of people in Ireland want to see the tax introduced.
Noonan’s appearance before PAC is rare for a sitting minister, though not unheard of.
Stephen Donnelly has submitted a detailed proposal on how he thinks Ireland can shut down vulture fund tax avoidance.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan is said to be planning a break for children, but not other relatives.
Nama chairman Frank Daly is appearing before the PAC this afternoon.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan agreed last night to appear before the committee.
Will Michael Noonan be the first sitting minister to go to the PAC? Or is Leo Varadkar wrong?
Noonan made the announcement this evening.
Meanwhile, Mary Lou McDonald wants Michael Noonan to appear before the Public Accounts Committee.
Fianna Fáil want an inquiry to look into the Government’s strategy for Nama to “accelerate the sales process”.
Michael Noonan said the detail of the USC reduction is yet to be decided.
There are growing calls for a public inquiry in the controversial 2014 sale, to US investment company Cerberus Capital Management.
Single earners above €70,044 would gain €3,145 per annum, more than 4.5 times the gains for a worker on €25,000.
Public Accounts Committee vice-chairman Alan Kelly said he has been approached privately by a Nama executive prior to Nama’s appearance before the PAC.
An ongoing row about cardiac care services in Waterford could have serious consequences for the Government.
The Taoiseach said it’s not true Apple was provided with more favourable treatment than others companies in terms of taxes.
The European Commission found that the tech giant received illegal state aid from Ireland.
The company’s CEO Tim Cook made the claim this week, and Michael Noonan repeated it. We checked it out.
UCD Professor Moore McDowell says we have nothing to lose in appealing, while TCD Professor Brian Lucey says Ireland should let Apple fight its own battles.
The Dáil will be recalled next to vote on the Government’s decision to appeal the Apple ruling.
The European Commision says Ireland would indeed have options.
The tech giant could be forced to pay up to €19 billion in back taxes when interest is taken into account as a result of the decision.
Vestager said other EU countries can try to prove some of Apple’s profits funnelled through Ireland were based on sales in their territories.
There are 56,000 more people at work now than a year previously – a 2.9% rise, bringing total employment in the country to 2,014,900.
The liquidation of Setanta Insurance in 2014 left over 1,700 people out of pocket.
The massive 26% hike in GDP was decried by one financial journalist as a “work of Irish fiction”.
The secretive annual gathering of political and business leaders takes place in Dresden from tomorrow.
But the €2.5 billion proposed will be only a fraction of the money used in the last recession.
These are the key points you need to know about the latest attempts to force the banks into action.
It’s the first time a senior Fine Gael minister has openly discussed negotiations with Fianna Fáil.
Meanwhile, Simon Coveney apologised to his Fine Gael colleagues at Leinster House today.
The BBC Spotlight programme broadcast last night used secret recordings of businessman Frank Cushnahan.
TheJournal.ie asked other former health ministers when they were made aware of the case.
The Finance Minister took aim at the opposition parties as Fine Gael struggles in the polls.
The Finance Minister has been defending his party’s economic plans today.
Warning: There is a lot of fiscal space in this article.