Budget 2023

Is there talk of an eviction ban for the winter?

The budget is like a Bertie giveaway budget by the sounds of it!

It must be one of the biggest giveaway budgets of all time. Most people should get something I'd hope.

Childcare reduction will be the biggest deal for a lot of people I'd imagine. It's long overdue.

Widening the tax bands is also long overdue.

Electricity credits, and college fee reductions also massive savings. Free school books too for national school.

Where are they getting all the money? Kicking the debt down the road probably.

I just lost my job and was on practically minimum wage and had to apply for the dole. If you think an extra 12 euro a week has me thinking I'm on the gravy train instead of being seriously worried about how I'll pay for heat and my electric bill (last one was 70% higher) then you are seriously deluded.

I'll never understand people giving out about people on the dole. It's literally impossible to live off (I won't qualify for rent or fuel allowance btw)

I was on less than 500 a week in my job and it would never occur to me to begrudge those on the social (maybe because I've been on it before). Then there's people on here with good waged jobs giving out about it during insane inflation on things like heat and electricity. It's actually disgusting, and I'm glad I only have to read it on the internet and not interact with such black holes masquerading as people in real life.

Cop on to yourselves and be grateful for what you have. Not a peep out of you when the TDs gave themselves a pay rise during the pandemic and it was a lot more than 12 euro a week. They got a 4 figure lump sum, too. For doing a horrible job, failing on so many fronts.

Free childcare and free primary school books for those with young children. Slashing third level fees for those in University.

A firm "F*ck you pay me" to those with children secondary school even though our costs are multiples of what primary school costs are.

As a middle earner with kids in secondary school yet again I 'm getting nothing in this so called give away budget. A small decrease in PAYE that will be gone in the first electricity bill. Meanwhile it's free books, uni fees, childcare, fuel allowance, GP visits, pensions etc etc etc for everyone else. I should vote for another party but who? Sinn Fein PBP will just take even more off me and give it to their welfare class core voters. I'll be lucky if those Trotskyist bastards don't take my house off me and give it to some welfare gouger who never worked a day in their life but joined PBP as a protest enforcer for something to do on a Saturday afternoon a few years ago.

We need a new party who represents the hard working middle.

I agree I am not anti welfare, but regardless of wage (and where possible), workers should always see a larger increase then welfare. Especially at the lower end.

We need to makes the gap between workers and those choosing not to work long term bigger.

The corporation tax budget.

Extra 12 euro on the dole means an extra box of fags a week or 2 pints. So it's good for the local pubs and local shops.

Why is the entire budget leaked before the actual announcement these days? We know every single aspect of it already.

Its not that long ago restaurants/ bars/ hotels where screaming out for staff, there was no reason for a majority of them to be on the dole. We all know of a family that are professional dolers, the parents are on the dole and the kids are on the dole and will never come off it, why should they? Medical is covered, rent is covered, back to school, Fuel allowance, Christmas bonus..... I was in many a full time job, that didn't give its staff a Christmas bonus!! Now don't get me wrong, I was unemployed for a number of months and was grateful of the system, but it was never my intention to stay on it, and my children are reared to believe you must work for it. I don't have either a medical or GP card, pay my GP €50 a pop and still cant get an appointment, lord only knows how bad it will be with free cards for nearly all!!

Edit: I'm a big believer in an increase & double payment for Pensioners/Carers/ Single Parents but people who just cant be arsed gets under my skin.

The leakiest budget and government in the history of the state.