Budget 2025 pre-speech MEGATHREAD

12 comments

1. They better not reduce hospitality VAT.

2. I’m can’t wait for them to try buy my vote

   It’s my favourite time of the year

   Best of luck everyone

3. Just build houses and fill the Atlantic with wind farms and I’ll vote for any of ye.

4. The Irish Electorate

   

5. Wonder how soon they’ll call the general election, I’d guess the next week or two as no one wants to be dealing with it in December.

6. [Tánaiste effectively confirms a €12 across-the-board increase on weekly welfare payments – claiming it has actually been “stitched in” since the Summer Economic Statement was published. He claims a €15/wk increase in some payments has never been tabled… 👀](https://x.com/gavreilly/status/1840683831684129094?t=P_yuh2q5HOFLEb6TqwSL1w&s=19)

7. Injecting more money into the economy, what could possibly go wrong.

8. Can anyone share a news story from any economist, literally even one, that thinks this budget will be good for the economy?

9. A quick look through the articles, looks like hardly anything for the squeezed middle again. Especially if you’re on in or around average wage.

   Changing the higher income tax bracket from 42,000 to 44,000 is worth about €30 a month, or €7 something a week.

   Sorry you’re being fleeced on rent/housing, and sorry you can’t get an appointment in our crumbling health service.

   Would €7 a week help you forget all about it?

10. Anything on third level fees yet

11. Bike sheds for all, children’s hospitals for none – huzzah!

12. Will also be very keenly looking at just how much money from the Apple windfall is being allocated to the Land Development Agency, Eirgrid and Irish Water.

    Three organisations with a very checkered past. Quite worrying.