Budget 2016

Childcare package will not help parents paying for preschool

Free preschool measures not expected to be introduced until September 2016

Fine Gael and Labour differ on future USC cuts

Enda Kenny wants to abolish charge while Burton wants cuts for low-income earners

Professor forced into a very public reversal

Claims on radio that the budget broke EU rules retracted by fiscal advisory council chairman

Miriam Lord: Out of the swamp, onto the yellow brick road

Having dragged Ireland back from the cliff, Kenny stopped for a rest at a fork in the road

Figures add up to election early next year

The betting at this stage must point to a poll in early February

Moody’s says Budget 2016 won’t change credit rating

Unlike ratings agencies S&P and Fitch, Moody’s does not give Irish debt an A-rating

Learning lessons from past errors

Budget 2016

Cliff Taylor: USC bazooka just part of re-election armoury

‘There is no doubt in anyone’s mind what Budget 2016 is really about’

Budget 2016: Changes will have little impact on poorest in society

A budget analysis by ESRI experts takes account of the key tax and welfare moves

Budget 2016: Head of advisory group retracts criticisms

John McHale had claimed budget had echoes of ‘mistakes we have made in the past’

Childcare package in budget will not activate until September 2016

Measures aimed at hard-pressed working families will offer little relief to many parents of pre-school children

Taoiseach admits he let election speculation get out of hand

Kenny says he should have dealt with date more clearly. ‘It will be held in the spring’

Self employed tax credit wins over business groups

Noonan aims to achieve ‘tax equalisation’ for self-employed and entrepreneurs in future

Government to hire 600 gardaí next year with extra €67m funding

Rise in burglaries and rural crime over past year increased long-term pressure to recruit

Reductions in USC rates will cost State €772m in a full year

Noonan says charge could be ‘progressively’ abolished if exchequer resources allow

High-earning families could net €2,000 per year

Families better off after extension of free pre-school education and child benefit rise

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