Budget 2023

From my family view, the €500 carers cash payment is nice, double child benefit, increase to carers allowance,domicillary care and tax cut. But overall your no better off than what you were last year. There is more energy rises to come on top of everything else.

I'm not complaining, its better than expected but fundamental changes are needed to alot of expenditure and funding.

Yeah that's gonna affect some people on the cusp of the higher rate amount.

Interesting Changes as part of healthcare...

• Over 400,000 more people eligible for free GP care
• Free contraception scheme is extended up to and including 30-year-olds
• Inpatient charges in hospitals scrapped
• Publicly funded IVF treated to launch in 2023

So 400k people sounds great, but we know there is huge shortage of medical professionals in Ireland. I don't think this will help (much)

Contraception up to 30 is welcome

The IVF thing is the most surprising thing of the lot. It's no secret that we're entering a into and aging population issue. I think the government wants people to have kids and not have issue having children as and when they are ready. many people are having to wait until they are in their 30's until their situation is stable enough to raise children.

I'm 39, most of my friends have 1 or no children. a few have 2 and I think two have 3.

You wouldn't see a lot of them on google maps as they are recently constructed or under construction at the moment.

But if you look at Limerick city and county council planning number 188014 you will see on the roof plans there are solar panels there

That's a bit crap tbf, over 200euro in the difference

You'll get 40% tax relief on €1,000 and 20% on the second €1000.

A loss of €200 for you on the pension relief.

However, you will have €2,200 of pay now taxed at 20% instead of 40% ( 39,000 - 36,800) so a gain of 440.

Overall a gain of €220 for you.

You are looking at the wrong way.

As a proportion that person earning over 40k will pay a lot more tax than someone on 32k, so it stands to reason they get more back.

No. You get tax relief on your marginal tax rate, so if you're paying at the 40% rate, you'll get 40% tax relief.

I don't get what you're arguing about or why.

Britain dropped the tax rate of their wealthiest people, ie those who earn over £150k a year from 45% to 40%. Therefore rich people are taking in thousands more per year that they do not need whilst the average working received a 1% drop in standard tax rate.

That is not what is happening in Ireland and "Our stuff" like tax rates, social welfare , wealth distribution, tax systems, are much fairer and better here and not "worse than theirs".

I really wanted to MUP on alcohol scrapped, needless legislation adding to inflation.

I also wanted the energy market to be properly regulated, standing charges scrapped so those who do use less as properly encouraged to. Just like the property market all the government have done is subsidize the profits of the suppliers. Mark my words there will be another increase announced in December.

Whole government need to be dragged out……..

If you don’t vote then the above will not happen. Either use your voice in a vote or you really can’t complain.

Why are people going on and on about the long term when the number is so small.

It's less than 40,000 or 1.7% of the workforce.

There's always going to be a group like that for various reasons and they get too much focus from whingers as if they are the major cost of money to the state.

https://tradingeconomics.com/ireland/long-term-unemployment-rate

Hard to take your complaints serious if you don't bother to vote.

If you're happy enough to just get on with your own life, why are you complaining?