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How we can protect the vulnerable in inflationary times
  • Economy
  • John FitzGerald
  • May 20, 2022, 05:32

John FitzGerald: The latest shock to the economy requires different remedies

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The NTMA is aiming to raise between €10 billion and €14 billion in the international bond markets this year. Photograph: iStock NTMA raises €750m in short-term debt
  • Economy
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • May 19, 2022, 12:40

Total bids amounted to almost twice the offer size

The National Treasury Management Agency has sold €1.25 billion in bonds at a scheduled auction. Photograph: iStock NTMA raises €1.25bn in latest bond auction
  • Economy
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • May 12, 2022, 11:55

Agency has raised €5.75bn from benchmark debt sales in 2022

The National Treasury Management Agency has sold €1.25 billion in bonds at a scheduled auction. Photograph: iStock NTMA raises €750m in treasury bill auction
  • Economy
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • March 24, 2022, 13:22

Sale received bids of twice the amount on offer

The NTMA is aiming to raise between €10 billion and €14 billion in the international bond markets this year. Photograph: iStock NTMA sells €1bn of bonds in latest auction
  • Economy
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • March 10, 2022, 12:06

Agency has raised €4.5bn through benchmark bonds in 2022

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: “The EWSS operates as a highly effective and responsive instrument.” Photograph: Alan Betson Revenue warehouses up to €3.2bn in business tax debt
  • Economy
  • Gordon Deegan
  • February 11, 2022, 15:44

Donohoe rules out recouping money from EWSS-supported firms that paid dividends

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: “The EWSS operates as a highly effective and responsive instrument.” Photograph: Alan Betson NTMA to sell €3 billion of 10-year bonds
  • Economy
  • Joe Brennan
  • January 12, 2022, 12:48

Transaction expected to be launched on Thursday

The National Treasury Management Agency headquarters on Treasury Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson NTMA plans syndicated bond sale in January
  • Economy
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • January 6, 2022, 15:21

Agency is seeking to raise up to €14bn from bond markets in 2022

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: The cost of the Special Assignee Relief Programme for 2019 was €38.2 million, down €4.2 million on the previous year, due largely to the new cap. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill 3:36 Donohoe cap on salary tax relief ‘likely cause’ of €4.2m saving
  • Economy
  • Ken Foxe
  • January 4, 2022, 05:00

SARP scheme introduced to bring ‘skilled’ executives to State to boost job creation

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: The cost of the Special Assignee Relief Programme for 2019 was €38.2 million, down €4.2 million on the previous year, due largely to the new cap. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Companies able to pay dividends should repay Covid subsidy – Tánaiste
  • Economy
  • Sarah Burns
  • December 16, 2021, 16:32

Labour TD Ged Nash seeks full Government audit of payments to companies

A 50c increase in the price of a pack of cigarettes had now been implemented six years in a row and tax receipts have remained steady at about €1.1bn a year. Photograph: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg Little change in tax take from cigarettes after price rises
  • Economy
  • Ken Foxe
  • December 13, 2021, 21:35

Department records speculate that drop in air travel led to increase in excise receipts

Photograph: Ye Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba fires employee who alleged colleague sexually assaulted her
  • Economy
  • December 13, 2021, 16:55

Company accuses woman of spreading false information about its handling of case

Photograph: Ye Aung Thu/AFP via Getty Images Revenue extends local property tax return deadline
  • Economy
  • Dominic Coyle
  • November 5, 2021, 09:46

Returns have been filed for about 54% of properties, with helpline in place for queries

Simon Phelan: 'Since freedom day, there’s barely a mask in sight.' The Dubliner in London who aims to rival British Gas with his ‘AA for homes’ firm
  • Economy
  • Barbara McCarthy
  • November 5, 2021, 05:21

Wild Geese: Simon Phelan says there's no better place to raise money and work than English capital

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. The Government’s finances have been boosted by a stronger-than-expected rebound in income tax and VAT receipts linked to a rapid recovery in employment and consumption. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie Better-than-expected income tax and VAT receipts bolster public finances
  • Economy
  • Eoin Burke-Kennedy
  • November 2, 2021, 20:20

Latest exchequer returns suggest tax receipts are running nearly €4bn ahead of target

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe. The Government’s finances have been boosted by a stronger-than-expected rebound in income tax and VAT receipts linked to a rapid recovery in employment and consumption. Photograph: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie 3:18 Surging growth transforms public finances ahead of Budget Day
  • Economy
  • Cliff Taylor
  • October 9, 2021, 00:01

Pre-budget White Paper shows dramatically improved budgetary picture

Isme says the nature of public service pensions means that a private sector worker, who wants to save for a pension as good as a public servant earning the same salary, would have to save at least half of their earnings throughout their working life. Photograph: iStock Call for measures to end pensions ‘discrimination’ against private sector
  • Economy
  • Dominic Coyle
  • October 4, 2021, 05:45

Groups seek budget moves to help bridge gap with public servants’ entitlements

Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh: Payments enabled by ‘strong cash position and continued profitability’. Photograph: Alan Betson Exchequer gets additional €250m from Nama surplus
  • Economy
  • Ciara O'Brien
  • September 30, 2021, 11:08

Agency’s total cash transfers now €2.75bn, with further payments of €1.25bn to come

Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh: Payments enabled by ‘strong cash position and continued profitability’. Photograph: Alan Betson Our 12.5% corporate tax rate mantra is sounding increasingly hollow
  • Economy
  • September 23, 2021, 05:55

State better off using yield from higher rate to enhance other business incentives

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Government will ‘consider’ social welfare increases in budget – McGrath
  • Economy
  • Joe Brennan
  • September 19, 2021, 14:32

Minister refuses to be drawn on specifics of any hikes but is ‘conscious’ of inflation

SIPTU’s STOP67 campaign to reverse the pension age increase to age 67 in 2021 and 68 in 2028, pictured in January were pensioners Christy Waters from Clondalkin and Pat Daly from Galway. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Official Ireland getting jittery on pensions
  • Economy
  • September 18, 2021, 05:55

Pensions will break the Irish economy if someone doesn’t grasp the nettle of reform

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Sharon McCooey, head of LinkedIn in Ireland, took a three-year career break when her children were small and found it a difficult decision to take. ‘Will I be able to get back in?’ Women still face stigma over career breaks
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