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Minister has not had pushback on call for ‘double digit’ increases to welfare payments

Joe O’Brien publicly called for at least €10 to be added to core benefit payments

Extreme globalisation: Ireland’s corporate tax risk

Approximately one-eighth of State’s annual budget comes from just 10 large US firms

Small business owners are being locked out of pension plans

Regulator’s shocking threat to prosecute trustees is excessive when no alternative pensions option is available

Ireland could take ‘leading role’ in aviation’s net zero transition, says PwC

Firm warns ‘significant private investment’ needed to unlock renewable energy sector

Favourable payment schedule and recent strong growth cannot hide our massive debt pile

Forecasters expect economy to continue to grow, albeit not as strongly as before. But all acknowledge the uncertainty and the risks

Back-to-school allowance to be increased by €100 in bid to help parents

Measures including major expansion of school meals programme will be worth €67m

Budget must not make inflation pressures worse - Varadkar

Fiscal council warns on using corporate tax for permanent spending hikes

Confidence in services sector drops on inflation and Ukraine concerns

PMI data show activity increased at slowest rate of the year so far, while new business grew by the least since January

Coalition decision to bring budget day forward two weeks mere ‘token exercise’

Ged Nash says tax revenues ‘powering ahead’ and windfall must be given to most needy

Budget 2023: Package of more than €6.5bn planned amid soaring inflation

Summer Economic Statement to be published following Cabinet meeting today

Fuel and energy tax cuts to be extended as part of €2bn budget package

Seen & heard: Coalition’s budget plans; Sisk’s threat to exit social housing schemes; demand for cheaper, own-brand groceries

Pension age should not go beyond 66, Taoiseach says

Micheál Martin says modest PRSI hike may be needed to fund such an approach as decision on 2020 election issue looms

Timing of budget to be decided next week

Eamon Ryan rejects emergency budget but ‘wouldn’t object’ to bringing forward budget due to cost-of-living crisis

Budget could be brought forward by up to a month

September budget under discussion as Government faces pressure from Opposition over growing cost-of-living crisis

Taoiseach’s economic adviser warns of uncertain winter with ‘lot of risks’

Alan Ahearne says Ireland made a spectacular recovery after Covid but many economic uncertainties lie ahead

Republic is second most expensive euro zone country for food and alcohol

CSO finds alcohol prices in State just over double the EU average last year