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# Public Spending

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# Public Spending
Costs of climate action measures and Slaintecare not properly recorded, committee told
The pensions issue, climate financing and healthcare reform are the main challenges for Ireland’s finances.
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Jul 13th 2022, 8:59 PM
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# Cash
Tax cuts vs public spending: Where do you want to see money go?
A new poll shows a division in public opinion on the topic.
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Feb 8th 2016, 11:00 PM
# sprung a leak
Right2Water wants to scrap water charges and hike spending by €9.4bn. Here's how it will pay for it:
They’ve put together a shopping list of demands for any new government.
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Jun 13th 2015, 8:15 AM
Voices
Column: Austerity isn't working – so what alternatives exist for October's Budget?
Despite the growing number of voices criticising austerity as a method to meet deficit targets, the government has indicated there is more to come. This situation can’t continue, writes Rory Hearne.
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Jul 12th 2013, 7:00 AM
# Cronyism
HSE defends €300,000 autism spend in Reilly's political area
Róisín Shortall has called for an end to ‘potential cronyism and secret decision-making around public spending’.
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Jun 25th 2013, 11:56 AM
# shut down
This is the moment the Greek version of RTÉ went off-air
The Greek government has shut down state broadcaster ERT’s TV and radio stations, with the loss of nearly 3,000 jobs, in order to save money.
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Jun 12th 2013, 8:54 AM
# Budget 2013
Welfare, health and transport cuts confirmed in revised Budget figures
The government’s revised estimates for public spending in 2012 affirm where the State plans to send its money this year.
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Apr 18th 2013, 11:03 AM
# Budget 2013
Taxes on texts and junk food proposed by Social Justice Ireland
Social Justice Ireland that a €3.5bn budget adjustment can be achieved without cutting social welfare or child benefit.
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Oct 1st 2012, 5:25 PM
# Health Cuts
HSE's €130m spending cut 'will be vigorously opposed'
Health service says cuts have to be made before the end of this year if it is to meet budget targets set down by the government and Troika.
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Aug 30th 2012, 9:31 PM
Voices
Column: Forget about our ‘economic sovereignty’ – let’s look at what matters
Fears over ceding our sovereignty are misplaced – people do it all the time, writes Ronan Lyons. Here’s what we should be focusing on instead.
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Aug 22nd 2012, 7:15 AM
# Eurozone
France 'needs up to €10bn to plug public deficit', says finance minister
The French finance minister says that his country is looking for between €7bn and €10bn.
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Jun 25th 2012, 8:53 AM
Voices
Column: Spending public money - where's the master plan?
Former trader Nick Leeson has an idea to sort out the State coffers – get a bunch of hard-nosed business people to assess the waste and root out value for money.
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Apr 17th 2012, 7:15 AM
Voices
Column: Why should our government have the right to hide from its citizens?
Our leaders are spending our money in our names, writes Aaron McKenna – so why won’t they let us know how?
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Jan 31st 2012, 7:30 AM
# Budget 2012
Slideshow: Today's Budget 2012 front pages
From boosting the property market to fuel tax and VAT increases, check out what the front pages have to say about the Budget this morning.
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Dec 7th 2011, 11:01 AM
AS IT HAPPENED
Budget 2012 liveblog
Join us for live video and text commentary, as Michael Noonan tells us how he plans to raise €1.6bn in extra taxes next year.
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Dec 6th 2011, 7:09 PM
# Budget 2012
Here’s Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech… as a word cloud
A pictorial representation of Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech, as delivered to Dáil Éireann this afternoon.
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Dec 6th 2011, 4:42 PM
# Budget 2012
In full: Michael Noonan's Budget speech to the Dáil
The full text, as prepared in advance, of Michael Noonan’s Budget 2012 speech to the Dáil delivered this afternoon.
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Dec 6th 2011, 4:34 PM
Voices
Column: This Budget will cut 15,000 jobs from our economy
Enda Kenny called it a ‘Budget for jobs’ – but the very opposite is the truth. We can expect dole lines to lengthen, writes Michael Taft.
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Dec 5th 2011, 8:30 PM
# Budget 2012
Budget 2012 (pt 1): the main points of Brendan Howlin’s announcement
Part one of Budget 2012 has been delivered by Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin, here’s what we’ve found out today.
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Dec 5th 2011, 3:30 PM
# Budget 2012
Child benefit cuts will target families with three or more children only
The cut will not apply to all child benefit payments – only those for third and subsequent children, according to reports today.
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Dec 4th 2011, 10:57 AM
# Budget 2012
Readers' Panel: What are you expecting from the Budget?
We spoke to a wide range of TheJournal.ie readers about their hopes and fears for this week’s Budget. Here’s what they had to say.
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Dec 4th 2011, 10:00 AM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Saturday
Catch up on the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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Nov 19th 2011, 7:55 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Sunday
Catch up on the day’s main stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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Nov 13th 2011, 7:39 PM
# Budget 2012
Budget 2012: The cuts (and petitions) outlined so far…
Property charges, VAT increases and One Parent Family payments: Looking ahead to some of what may feature in next month’s Budget 2012 announcement.
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Nov 13th 2011, 3:04 PM
# Optimism Bias
ESRI report warns of effect of 'optimism bias' on value of infrastructure projects
A new study from the ESRI says that rail projects typically overestimate their projected passenger levels, while road projects underestimate their traffic growth.
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Nov 9th 2011, 7:15 AM
# Dáil Éireann
Taoiseach defends apparent U-turn on advisers’ salary cap
Gerry Adams accuses Enda Kenny of breaching his own promise about the extent of pay for special advisers.
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Oct 4th 2011, 4:58 PM
# Budget
Gilmore: ECB official's comments are annoying and unhelpful
An ECB economist suggested Irish public sector pay should be cut. The Tánaiste wasn’t impressed.
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Sep 12th 2011, 7:43 PM
# Public Spending
Find 20 per cent in government spending cuts, ministers ordered
Minister Brendan Howlin has asked his cabinet colleagues to submit far-reaching plans to slash spending.
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Aug 25th 2011, 11:04 AM
# Budget 2012
Govt to slash public spending, lower tax bands in December budget
The Government has revealed some of the hard-hitting measures it will take in the December Budget and it makes tough reading for some.
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Jul 30th 2011, 1:34 PM
# Executive Pay
Chiefs of Bord Gáis, ESB and An Post still won’t say they will take pay cut
Pat Rabbitte asked the heads of the three semi-States under his remit to accept voluntary pay cap of €250,000 a month ago – they still haven’t given him an answer.
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Jul 27th 2011, 8:30 PM
# Cuts
Expect further public spending cuts, says Gilmore
Tánaiste warns further cutbacks are necessary, as government departments reportedly warned of losing up to 15 per cent of their budgets.
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Jul 3rd 2011, 10:25 AM
# Deficit
Ireland has largest government deficit in the EU
We’ve managed to beat fellow bailout recipients Greece and Portugal for government deficit in percentage of GDP.
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Apr 26th 2011, 12:03 PM
LIVE
US budget passes crucial vote
Terse negotiations over budget which includes $38bn in public spending cuts will now go forward for a Senate vote.
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Apr 14th 2011, 9:24 PM
# Deficit
Ireland's deficit will be largest in eurozone for 2010
Figures released by Department of Finance show forecasts for state income and expenditure in 2010 and 2011.
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Dec 4th 2010, 12:35 PM
# Debt
Ireland unlikely to dodge out on debt, says IMF
But we’re not out of the woods yet.
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Sep 2nd 2010, 4:14 PM
# European Economy
ECB urges spending cuts
Slashing spending and public sector pay is the only way to recovery, says Jean Claude Trichet.
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Aug 28th 2010, 10:33 AM