An extra €5 in child benefit – a possible 4th rate of USC for those earning over €100,000 a year – and up to 40c extra on a packet of cigarettes are some of the measures expected to be unveiled in this afternoon's Budget.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan and Public Expenditure Minister Brendan Howlin are billing Budget 2015 as the 'end of austerity' and the first budget in 7 years that won't involve tax hikes or massive spending cuts.
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Clare Fine Gael TD Joe Carey says he expects the government to give something back to the public, but Clare's Fianna Fáil TD Timmy Dooley says the coalition is engaged in “auction politics.”
