The Money Shot

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This afternoon.

At Government Buildings.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe poses with his Budget 2019.

Mr Donohoe will deliver his budget to the Dáil at 1pm.

Sam Boal/Rollingnews

UPDATE:

He can be watched live in the video link above.

UPDATE:

Earlier: Derek Mooney: No Budget Surprises Anymore

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19 thoughts on “The Money Shot”

    1. Starina

      So that they won’t raise the rents another 12% next year cos they have more they can claim back. In practice, it’s just going to be more money in their pocket and many will continue to gouge upwards.

      1. Lobster

        It’s really annoying me. You’d think it obvious that landlords will set rates at the upper end of current market limits to maximise return on investment. Maybe ethically dubious at the moment, but understandable and to be expected. Giving them more money could never be expected to change that. Doesn’t seem to be anything introduced here that will actually help.

  2. rotide

    That christmas bonus on the dole has always confused me.

    In a time of near full employment, here’s a little reward for avoiding getting a job

    1. Nigel

      In a time of near full employment the few people without jobs probably – though not necessarily – have pretty good – or, from their point of view bad – reasons for it. Inasmuch as there is a recovery, they are being left further and further behind. This isn’t a reward. This is scraps from the table.

      1. rotide

        It’s just sour grapes, I haven’t had a bonus in 20 odd years, they just don’t exist in my profession

    3. Martco

      anyone got stats for what percentage of this much vaunted nearly full employment number are being paid minimum wage or lower?

      genuine straight question, I can’t find anything definitive

        1. Martco

          yeah
          see that’s the problem with strap line statements like “near full employment”
          isn’t it? they don’t really provide useful information at all do they

          anyone got a breakdown of what “near full employment” means? would really like to know what percentage of that are people earning minimum wage or less.

          @Cian? you’re normally a good one for numbers….you got something on this?

          1. Cian

            On the phone at the momemt.
            I don’t know if that is available. There is a breakdown by salary. But I don’t know if it distinguishes between someone earning €10-hr for a 35 hour week vs €25-hr for a 20 hour week

    1. McVitty

      So 144,300 on the live register? 6% unemployment. Under FG’s watch, a lot of funny tricks have been played to take people out of the labour force – for example, if I have run out of jobseekers benefit but have more in savings than the means-tested amount to qualify for job seekers allowance, I would move to the “Not in labour force”.

      Figure 3.2 in the CSO link “Industry not stated” => industry unregulated, likely gig-economy

  4. Hannibal Lecter’s Handcart

    Why is our entire political establishment incapable of buying a suit that fits?

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