Clare's largest business representative group is warning that big challenges remain, depite small gains in the budget.
Ennis Chamber says the reduction in Capital Gains Tax, is of particular relevance to small and medium businesses.
It's CEO also believes that investment in Childcare will impact positively on the female labour market and job activation and that relief for first time buyers will feed back into businesses in the retail sector.
But Rita McInerny has described the 5 euro increase in social welfare payments as a "crude measure" that doesn't look at encouraging people to return to work, particularly those on part-time contracts.
Meanwhile Clare's Fine Gael Senator admits he'd have liked to have seen more from the new first-time buyers grant.
Up to twenty thousand euro will be made available, but only to those who buy newly built homes.
Ennistymon Senator Martin Conway hopes it can help kick-start smaller building projects here.
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There's a warning this morning about the higher than expected spending increases in Budget 2017.
The head of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council is warning that the government is set to miss a key borrowing target for this year.
John McHale was speaking to the Irish Times, ahead of the council's official budget report which is due to be released in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile, the public spending minister says there'll be no problem filling the new public jobs announced yesterday.
Plans for 1,000 new nurses, 2,400 new teachers, and 800 new Gardaí were unveiled at a time when nursing unions continue a campaign to secure better working conditions for new recruits.
Minister Paschal Donohoe is happy people will be found to fill the roles.
