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Main Points: From taxes to bills, what does the Opposition want in Budget 2027? (opens the original)
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Sinn Féin. A â¬500 âEveryday Essentials Cardâ would be sent to one million lower-income households. It also proposes a â¬400 electricity credit for all households, further excise cuts on petrol and diesel for at least six months on top of a permanent 10 cent reduction. It would not proceed with planned carbon tax increases. Social Democrats. A second tier of child benefit for low-income households, another â¬15 per week in the State pension and core welfare rates and an energy credit of
Sinn Féin, Social Democrats and Labour unveiling alternative budgets (opens the original)
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Somewhere, in parallel universes, Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats and the Labour Party are all in power and preparing to deliver budgets for 2027 next week. What tax and spending measures are the politicians in other dimensions set to introduce, you may wonder? Well, we got a peak of what might be happening in the multiverse today, with the three parties in our reality unveiling their alternative budgets. Perhaps their most eye-catching item is a â¬500 âEveryday Essentials Cardâ that they
Taoiseach enters múinteoir-mode as he rejects comparison of Drumcree stand-off to Gaza (opens the original)
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Taoiseach Micheál Martinâs past life as a history teacher was on show in the Dáil during Leadersâ Questions on Wednesday. He entered múinteoir-mode, delivering a lesson on the differences between the current crisis in the North and the war in Gaza. People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd-Barrett raised the issue of the stand-off over the Orange Orderâs planned parade on the mostly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown. Boyd Barrett began his contribution, characterising Martinâs positio
Small-scale childminders will be able to earn more tax-free under planned budget measure (opens the original)
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People providing small-scale child-minding in their homes will be able to earn more income tax-free under a measure planned as part of next weekâs budget. Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris told a meeting of Fine Gaelâs parliamentary party that he intends to increase the â¬15,000 income threshold for the Childcare Services Tax Relief. This relief is designed to encourage stay-at-home parents and people working part-time to provide small-scale childcare. People providing childca
Scrapping carbon tax means handing âbillions of euro to Ursula von der Leyenâ (opens the original)
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Abolishing carbon tax âwould mean we would have to hand over billions of euro to Ursula von der Leyenâ, Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said. The abolition of the tax has been called for as recently as the weekend at a meeting organised by people associated with last Aprilâs fuel protests. Speaking to reporters in advance of the Cabinet meeting, Harris laid out the consequences of scrapping the tax. He said farmers and protesters were sometimes being misled on the issue
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