Minister Delivers A Budget That Has A Little Something For Everyone In The Audience
Budget 2018 has been delivered to the Dail by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe
Budget 2018 has been delivered to the Dail by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe.
It provides the highest ever spending on health and education with extra teachers, nurses and Gardai to be hired.
Welfare rates are to increase by 5 euro and the USC is being cut.
There will be a sugar tax introduced on fizzy drinks and cigarettes are to increase by 50 cent for a packet of 20.
For workers income tax bands have been raised and two USC rates have been lowered
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