Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Rory Hearne: This bending to privileged interests is a profound act of generational injustice

Minister for Finance also defends Coalition plans to breach 5% spending rule

Dr Eddie Casey, head of secretariat at IFAC, contends ageing society and climate change will present ‘monumental challenges’ to Irish economy between now and 2050

Seen & Heard: Regulator blocks Eir price cut; Covid tax debts; IDA warns of EU rivals; and fears of ‘Celtic Tiger’ spending

Budget negotiations will be fairly brutal. There will be one-off sweeteners, but no big increases in spending

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Revised budgetary package draws criticism from Ifac over return to pro-cyclical policies that have traditionally undermined economy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that he would ‘respectfully disagree’ with the views of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Macroeconomist replaces Sebastian Barnes who left at the end of June

A National Infrastructure Fund would guarantee that capital projects are protected during downturns and avoid the need to play catch-up in later years

Top 1000: Ongoing inflationary pressures and rising interest rates leave families struggling for feelgood factor as exchequer becomes ever more reliant on multinationals

Reliance on a handful of firms has inverted Ireland’s traditional relationship between government and industry. Sinn Féin in power would have to maintain that dynamic

Real fiscal decisions will be made a world away from next week’s public talking shop: the National Economic Dialogue

As the sky once again fills with kites, we seem to have forgotten the lessons of the crash

Governments love to say they’re reducing the tax burden, but often they’re just dealing with the impact of inflation

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns exchequer to stick to rule limiting net spending growth to 5%

Paschal Donohoe says it’s too early to predict if there will be more measures to combat rising cost of living in budget but stresses Michael McGrath will heed IFAC’s comments

The surge in tax revenues gives Ireland an opportunity – but it also presents some dangers

Budgetary watchdog cautions Coalition on expenditure, noting move could stoke price and wage pressure in economy

Back-to-back quarters of negative growth recorded as economy hits full employment

Latest figures from Department of Finance show Government collected €33.1 billion in taxes over the first five months of the year

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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council report suggests business tax base even more concentrated around small number of firms than previously thought

Putting more money in voters’ pockets is one of the reasons for Fine Gael being in government, Taoiseach tells The Irish Times

With a predicted €65bn in surpluses, the Government has to work out how to invest sensibly in public services and avoid overheating the economy

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says the inflated nature of Ireland’s GDP figures mean we will easily comply with new framework

Obsessive focus on avoiding indebtedness forces countries to slam on the breaks in hard times, making the damage far worse than necessary

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Tech giant Apple is probably behind bulge in March figures as receipts from business tax look set to eclipse last year’s record total

Record business tax receipts give Government chance to plan ahead for financial impact of keeping State pension age at 66

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Having refused to extend State pension age, failure to address how to fund it will impoverish already living future generations

Report calls for ringfenced State Pension Fund financed by 3.5% rise in PRSI over next four years

Business groups give Government announcement a broad welcome but others saying once-off measures for struggling households do not go far enough

Ireland finds itself in the grip of an inflation crisis, just one of several challenges that must be addressed effectively

Corporate tax generated a record €21.1 billion for the first 11 months of the year, which is €7.6 billion ahead of the same period last year.

Warnings this week from the OECD and Ifac suggest growth will slow sharply in the coming months but stay positive, just about

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council warns growth will slow next year as cost-of-living pressures hurt real incomes

The British experience is a reminder that high-debt countries walk a tightrope, particularly with interest rates again on the rise.

In a staggering level of exposure 10 per cent of all tax revenue in Ireland is now coming from just 10 American corporations