Budget

Revised Estimates - Budget 2010

The Document can be accessed here

UK Budget June 22, 2010 - key features and full details

Key features of the UK budget On the economy:

UK Budget June 22, 2010 - Announcement

Budget adjustment must not be achieved by cuts alone- Budget 2011

Social Justice Ireland has challenged the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, to reject the proposal being attributed to him and his Department in recent days that all adjustments in Budg

New "universal social contribution" must not hit the poor in Budget 2011

A proposal by the Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan TD, to introduce a "new universal social contrtibution to be paid at a low rate on a wide base" provides major challenges to policy designers t

Poor Can't Pay Campaign Budget Analysis shows poor hardest hit- 2010 Budget

The Poor Can't Pay Campaign has published an analysis of Budget 2010 entitled 'How the Poor Were Made to Pay' which shows that the cuts introduced by Government will impact hardest on the poorest in society and will push thousands of families into poverty in the coming months. The campaign, which is a coalition of charities, community organisations and trade unions, has called on the Taoisesach to give an immediate assurance that there will be no more cuts in social welfare payments and no cut in the minimum wage.

If Government has nothing to hide, why not supply full Budget documentation- 2010 Budget

To accompany the Budget the Government normally publishes a detailed set of documents and tables explaining the Budget measures.

Government Budget documentation- 2010

The text of Government's Budget documentation is available below  "When I presented the Supplementary Budget to this House last April, I said we could work 

Government Budget documentation- Budget 2010

The text of Government's Budget documentation can be accessed here

Unfair, unjust Budget fails the vulnerable, damages the economy- 2010 Budget

The unfair and breathtakingly unjust decisions made in Budget 2010 will damage Ireland’s economic development and social development.