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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-5BxgmUiuY
TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY has said that all ministers in government will be “required to measure up in the national effort and put our country back to work”.
Speaking to the media at the Fine Gael national conference in Limerick today Kenny said that “there will be some good news in the Budget”.
He said that the main framework of the Budget has been approved but that final decisions will not be made “in respect of the details for each individual areas” until tomorrow evening’s Cabinet meeting in Dublin.
Asked about his perceived criticism of Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton during his welcoming speech last night Kenny insisted that he cooperates “very strongly with Minister Burton”:
Asked about the budget for the Department of Health, Kenny acknowledged that there “are demand led pressures in there” but said the detail would be worked out tomorrow:
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Not for the PAYE worker there wont…get rid of the USC and give people their disposable income back…
Told you JImmy..you should of kept F.F. In power.
I can’t remember a time when a budget was kept under wraps as much as this one. Very little speculation, leaks, and very quiet Ministers too.
Perhaps the Seanad referendum played a role in the run up to it, but I find it odd all round this time.
Enda,”I’m so gorgeous, the police want to arrest me”!!
I am pretty sure it was FF and the Greens who brought in the USC Owen…
We need more USC and not less. It should be upped to 15% across the board and all other income taxes abolished.
The Revenue have a “high net worth” team who target the top 400 earners to ensure they are paying their fair share. The take from these people has doubled since 2008. All because of USC.
We can’t have a situation anymore where many people pay no tax at all. FF for years crowed about taking people out of the tax net when long term this is unsustainable.
A flat 15% tax on all income, with generous but graduated tax credits would cause a new but sustainable boom in our economy. But it would require laying off 80,000 Quango staff. So it won’t be done by this govt.
@ Niall: Very true. In general the Seanad Referendum worked out very well in providing a much needed distraction for the media for the month of September.
Usually the period from September to early December is filled with various reports (some originating in the media, some kite-flying from certain Government ministers) about taxes and cuts which, in the end, never materialise. This process is damaging to citizens (old people worried their pensions will be cut even though the last time the pension was cut was in the 1920s) and to businesses (consumer spending). This year the whole process seems much better with only one week of pre-budget speculation rather than the normal 3.5 months of it.
Perhaps next years Constitution Day can be scheduled shortly before the Budget too.
Fecking FF introduced and increased the USC in the first place!
I believe the comment that was made was about this being the last year of painful repayments. What a crock of sh1te. We’ll be broken 70yr olds begging for a state pension worth f all whilst the wages we’ll have earned will have been pulled from our pockets through sneaky new rates and taxes. And the fat cats will still be untouched. Sickening isnt a strong enough statement….
Henry
You forgot to mention levies. They’ll be seeking a new name for hidden taxes now, watch out for “mandatory recovery contributions”
OMG, Enda is going to resign!
Good news is the people of Ireland aren’t paying back the loan and the bankers will be jailed ……
Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others!
Babies for some. Baby jam for others.
Autonomy for some control for others!
As a young boy, I dreamed of being a baseball. But tonight I say, we must move forward, not backward; upward, not forward; and always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom!
I watched that video on mute, if you ask me hes still talking shite!
The good news is the property tax is not being trebled. Only doubled.
Pay rise for politicians and reduced taxes for those earning over 100,000. That’s the only good news Enda has.
I think all parties should be made register as a company and pay vat on their income. All TD’s in each party should be on min wage from the party and pay PRSI. the party’s should be paid like any other company. they should summit invoices and pay for their own stationary.
Unworkable, populist claptrap. If you think the current quality of TDs is poor, see what earning €12,000 or so a year will do to quality. TDs also pay PRSI and other income taxes on their salaries already.
How do you propose that party’s fund themselves? The Government has reduced the amount that parties can reduce in corporate donations already, so the only other alternative is more taxpayers money.
And what of Independent TDs?
And because of this extra effort required by ministers they shall now receive their pension in addition to their salary
Free heroin for all!
Kenny said ” all ministers in government will be “required to measure up in the national effort and put our country back to work”.” Look out ministers the report card will be turning up again.
Yes good news for him I bet, but not for the poor on pensions or on the dole.
The poor on pensions? Are you serious? The one group whose income has remained all but untouched since this whole fiasco began? The ones with medical cards? Free travel? Free TV licences? The ones who nearly rioted when it was suggested that the wealthy among them might have their medical cards means tested.
And the dole here is three times what it is in the UK. A married man with 3 kids would want a job paying him (take home) €30000 a year before it’s really worth his while going out to work.
€20 billion a year on social welfare. A total joke and the banks have nothing to do with it. Until it pays to go to work then we’re at nothing.
Alan €5 billion of that €20 billion is JSA. The dole is double in Ireland compared to uk. Not 3 times.
I think the majority of the SP budget goes on pensions.
At least Kenny has indicated in the clip above that small business may be thrown a few scraps. If so, about bloody time.
Alan
Cost of living in Ireland much higher than UK and when moaning about level of dole try compsring single person on dole €188.00 pw if below 24 between 100 and 144.
Now try paying rent, utilities etc. no help with rent unless rent is underbelly€125.00 pw and then max benefit is €90.00
Touch screens agh
Underbelly should read under sorry for other spelling etc
child benefit is over 2.2 billion.
Paying unsecured bondholders €64Bn not including interest!
Did Kenny ever think that making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down his leg? It seems hot to him, but it never does to anyone else.”
He seems hot to that bunch of anxious people behind him.
Who are they?
Good news for the politicians no doubt while everyone else gets shafted.
For those earning over €100,000 I suppose
Pay close attention to the budget there will be some GOOD news for the banks
Lots of industry pressure being put on the government to change tax rules in the budget to let bailed out banks use more of their past losses to reduce their future tax bills
doesn’t sound as promising as Noonans talk but anything is a bonus hope it’s for the sick and disabled young and the old and not the scroungers or the rich
They said that the USC tax was to be abolished this year In last year budget ????
Good news from enda government expects to collect an extre 2.3 Billion in tax next year .Good news for who ? .
Yippee! Extra 2.3 billion in tax revenue next year
And Mayo will win Sam next year. ;-)
Not only will they not win the Sam, but they’ll take back that lost schoolboy of theirs who somehow ended up ru(i)ning the country.
Please take him back and take O’Reilly with him.
Don’t forget Big Phil and Leo
Brendan,
We need to think of the poor people in Mayo, what have they done to deserve all the eejit s sent to them. We need to find someone else for the rest of the clown show.
Did you see I got red thumbed for trying to off Laos O’Reily on them, understandably so
The good news is your not getting any more cuts,but things wont get any better i imagine… Wasnt it said that ireland is on a 20 year no jobs slump,no wonder irish people are leaving and blacks/muslims filing up the place..
Irelandistan awaits..
Don’t forget while all this is going on the senators are now on the gravy train for life after all the mugs voted to retain them.
Free cheese?
What is with this 100k€ bollocks? Why do we need to tax those earning more than 100k? It is ludicrous that we can try to subdivide society based on a number plucked from thin air!
The pr1cks resignation letter ?
Ministers to have mentors out sources from private sector. Labour activation fund and ‘Pathway to Work’ to provide training to all current and future ministers relevant to third level degrees or higher in Economic , Business , Accounting , Law, etc also future ministers to have spent time abroad to bring home new skills.
Good news that’s like a Butcher saying I have good news to a cow
the good news is that we’re closer to the enda Enda
With the new wheelchair accessibility regulations in the workplace unemployment can finally be 99% eliminated
And the good news is!! A pay rise for all ministers yay
Vote bank of Ireland in next election..banks rule :-):-):-):-)
Kenny, I’ll repeat what I’ve already said reverse the property tax and water rates and return social welfare allowances that you took from people. If you don’t do this immediately you and your party should resign without pensions.
Ya right only good news would if this clown enda Kenny and his pals all fecked of bunch of wasters
Must be elections soon????
Kenny and Harry Potter aka deputy Donovan alongside him in his confirmation suit
The Oireachtas is to get a pay rise…
You don’t reform by hatcheting salaries . You just disenfranchise those who are hard workers and they go elsewhere – emigration figures prove that . Salaries have to be capped no mistake but its all about incentivising productivity . Those who work harder should be paid more , those who are coasting along need to be spotlighted and reasons for same sorted out of the system . The tax system is another disincentive for productivity
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