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At Budget time, access to reliable, comprehensive and up-to-date research and analysis is more important than ever.

With input from the PBO, the Library & Research Service and other finance-focused units in the Oireachtas, our Budget Hub is your companion in getting to grips with Budget 2025.

Budget Hub | Insight

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Preliminary review of Budget 2025

Analysis

The Budget Statement was the start of a process that envisages Government expenditure of more than €105 billion in 2025.

Get the latest on Ireland's budgetary position with the PBO's preliminary review of Budget 2025.

Ready reckoner

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See the effects of fiscal measures at a glance with our ready reckoner.

Social means testing

Analysis

See the potential effects of means testing on social protection measures.

Inheritance tax

Analysis

Get our insight into how intergenerational wealth is taxed in Ireland

Budgetary oversight

Report

The Committee on Budgetary Oversight has completed a pre-Budget report.

The Oireachtas and the Budget

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Take a look at the role played by the Oireachtas in the Budget process.

Fiscal Monitor | end-August 2024

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Budget analysis in the Oireachtas

Publications

Budget-related discussion happens year-round in Parliament, from the Budget Statement given by Ministers to oversight and scrutiny by committees

Take a look at our submissions to committees, reports and analyses related to the Budget.

Budget Day | Explainer

Budget day is one of the most important days in the Houses of the Oireachtas calendar. On budget day, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform present the Budget Statement to Dáil Éireann. The Budget Statement outlines the general economic and fiscal outlook and the changes the Government proposes to make to taxes and spending. TDs have the opportunity to make speeches in response to the Budget Statement.

After the Budget Statement, the Government moves financial resolutions, and Dáil Éireann debates these resolutions. The debate may be held over a number of days. If the Dáil does not agree to the Government’s financial resolutions, a vote is called and the resolutions are declared carried or lost.

Budget day resources

The Budget is announced to Dáil Éireann but its process affects all of Ireland's public services and its citizens. Follow these links to learn more about the budget in Ireland.

After the budget

In order to implement the changes it proposes in the Budget Statement, the Government may need to ask the Houses of the Oireachtas to amend certain legislation. It does this by introducing Bills. For example, to change the amount of tax levied, the Government introduces a Finance Bill and to change social welfare payments, the Government introduces a Social Welfare Bill. These Bills are normally debated and passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas by the end of the year.

Budget 2024

Oireachtas TV special

Budget 2024 special

Watch coverage and analysis of Budget 2024, broadcast on 10 October 2023 by Oireachtas TV.

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Budget 2024 debates

Debates

Budget 2024 debates

Watch or read the debates on the Budget 2024, which took place in the Dáil and Seanad after the Budget Statement on 10 October 2023.

Budget 2023

Oireachtas TV special

Budget 2023 special

Watch coverage and analysis of Budget 2023, broadcast on 27 September 2022 by Oireachtas TV.

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Budget 2023 debates

Debates

Budget 2023 debates

Watch or read the debates on the 2023 budget, which took place in Dáil and Seanad Éireann from 27 September 2022.

Budget 2022

Oireachtas TV special

Budget 2022 special

Watch coverage and analysis of Budget 2022, broadcast on 12 October 2021 by Oireachtas TV.

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Budget 2022 debates

Debates

Budget 2022 debates

Watch or read the debates on the 2022 budget, which took place in Dáil and Seanad Éireann from 12 October 2021.

Budget 2021

Oireachtas TV special

Budget 2021 special

Watch coverage and analysis of Budget 2021 broadcast on Budget Day 2020 by Oireachtas TV.

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Budget 2021 debates

Debates

Budget 2021 debates

Watch or read the debates on the 2021 budget in Dáil and Seanad Éireann.

Last updated: October 2024

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