Budget 2023

Record budget of €3.3bn, an increase of 5%, for Justice Sector, including Garda budget of €2.14bn. Up to 1,000 new Garda trainees and over 400 Garda staff ...

A further €3m is allocated to cover increased staffing, including two new Commissioner posts, as well as legal fees and fit out of the Commission’s new premises, bringing the DPC’s budget to over €26m, an increase of 13%. Additional funding of nearly €18m will go towards increasing efficiency in processing applications, to reduce the risk of people remaining in the system for long periods with uncertainty about their status. The additional funding will also allow procurement of the body worn camera programme to start in 2023. I am very proud of my Department’s response to this crisis, which reflects the strongly compassionate response of the Irish public. This will enable significant additional recruitment across the service and will alleviate some of the pressures currently being experienced in the system coming out of the Covid period. This €9 million includes increased funding of €7m for organisations funded by TUSLA to address acute service demands in existing services throughout the country, and for investment in new services as outlined in Zero Tolerance. The Commissioner has identified this as an essential investment in surveillance capability to tackle organised crime and protect the security of the State. I am delighted to progress the establishment of the Gambling Regulatory Authority which is a key Programme for Government commitment. This was established by Minister McGrath and I to reinvest the ill-gotten proceeds of crime seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in community projects. I am committed increasing the number of Gardaí and Garda staff, but also investing in the resources they need to do their vital work protecting the public. I am really pleased that, because of this Budget, the fund will increase by 50 per cent next year to €3 million. We are also providing more money for Garda overtime – and this means that Gardaí will be deployed as needed to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in our communities.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Varadkar said Budget 2023 is being front-loaded with most of the one-off payments before Christmas, while permanent ...

And we think that balance struck is about right, so that's why we welcome this budget in those terms," he added. Please review their details and accept them to load the content. He said using that money in the short-term is okay to pay for emergency measures and if we did not have that money we would have to borrow it. "The Government had a really difficult job in this Budget and it's had to strike a very difficult balance between helping people and helping the economy, but at the same time not putting too much money into the economy that would have contributed to higher inflation," he said. In response to calls for a bigger increase to the core social welfare rate, Mr Martin said the €12 rise in the Budget is now built into the system, but the Government had to be sustainable in relation to the country's welfare and tax systems. The Tánaiste also said he is not unduly concerned about the economic situation in the UK and the impact it could have on businesses here. He said people can zero in on any aspect of the Budget and claim it is unfair, but said it is "very progressive" if you take it in the round. "And I think that is the right approach, and you will see a different approach in other parts of the world and how that has backfired and that hasn’t happened in Ireland today." The Minister for Enterprise said the Government felt it was very important to ensure it is not in a position to have to fund measures through borrowing, He said he had received a lot of feedback on the budget and he thinks there has been a broad welcome for it. He said it is 'impossible' to calculate the ultimate cost of such a measure and it could lead to a 'very big financial liability' Mr Varadkar said there is a projected surplus for this year and next, so there is "some financial firepower" to intervene in the New Year if necessary.

€20m research fund will ensure continued pipeline of robust independent science to deliver solutions for farmers. €2.5m dedicated farm safety budget will ...

There will also be additional funding through the European Innovation Partnership Scheme (EIPs) to support locally led farm safety projects. The projects we fund next year will deliver further solutions in the second half of this decade.” Stressing the importance of the fund, Minister Heydon said: “Unfortunately, 10 people have lost their lives in fatal farm incidents this year. has said Budget 2023 will deliver additional resources to the priority areas of research and farm safety. “I have strengthened the Department’s research fund to €20m ahead of a significant call for new projects next year. Delivering solutions through research will be a central part in ensuring a competitive, sustainable and strong industry.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe unveiled the Government's cost of living Budget on Tuesday which saw an increase in welfare payments, cuts to childcare ...

A €500 boost will be given to those on the following payments - Working families, Carers, Disability, and blind person - as a once-off. The first €200 energy credit will be given out to all households in a bid to cushion one of the most common concerns among the public - household bills. In October, the government opted to introduce a Halloween double social welfare bonus for all of those in receipt of core payment schemes. We have lined up a full list of what you can expect to see in the run-up to Christmas with tax credits, social welfare bonuses, and more on the way. The list of new measures announced will be coming in before the end of 2022 and will continue into 2023 to help with targeted concerns. The government had promised the public that a vast array of measures were on the way to help households cope with the rise in the cost of living as everything from groceries to bills and services continue to skyrocket in price.

IT manager Niamh and her partner say they will be sticking with the childminder despite the offer of increased childcare payments in the budget.

"To be fair, for some of my friends, the €200 is great. "The childminder is fantastic, really amazing, but they don’t get the socialisation of being in a group,” she says. “We first looked at a creche in our area, and were quoted €2,175 for the two of them," she says. “We’ll be sticking with the childminder. For the first time in a generation, this budget had promised to be one that makes a difference for struggling parents. And on the face of it, it should, vowing as it does to cut childcare costs by as much as €175 per child per month.

Budget 2023 was introduced by the Minister for Finance as a 'cost of living budget' with the stated aim of helping individuals, families, and businesses to.

A temporary business energy support scheme is to be introduced to assist businesses over the coming months. To this end, the minister confirmed that €2bn this year, and €4bn in 2023, will be directed into the It is hoped that these policy goals will attract renewed focus in future budgets.

She also fears that customers will simply have to stop going to the salon to make ends meet this winter.

"I've heard of some salons closing during the week so they don't have to have their electricity or their heating on during those days. "The VAT increase is just going to have to be passed onto the consumer. They are at the point where they are no longer profiting. "The elderly customers are a different generation. "A lot of salons have a lot of elderly people that would come in," she added. "The only thing that is helpful is the electricity help. "It's the one place that they get to go during the week. At the minute, the heating is off." "They won't get the colour. They are going to reconsider and wonder if they should just get someone that would come to their house to do it. [Budget](https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/budget-2023-live-updates-latest-25109720) will see customers turn away from the salon and to the shadow economy instead. That has a knock one effect where we are not able to recruit staff because people just decide to do some 'nixers' as you call them."

The capital allowance for slurry storage announced in Budget 2023 will not apply to shed buildings, Minister McConalogue has confirmed.

I think that will significantly mitigate the impact on farmers,” he commented. Capital allowances are generally calculated on the net cost of the business asset or premises. Minister McConalogue acknowledged that the concrete levy will add a cost to farm buildings, but added that the slurry storage capital allowance “is a very strong support”.

Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Catherine Martin and Minister of State Jack Chambers have outlined the breakdown of their department's funding ...

This investment is complemented by the abolition of VAT on newspapers and digital publication, announced on Tuesday by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohue. The three-year, €105 million scheme supports 2,000 creative workers working to develop and sustain their art. And €7 million from the package will be used to create artists' spaces, and for climate adaption measures.

Minister Pippa Hackett has welcomed the allocation of up to €500 million specifically ringfenced for agri-environment schemes in Budget 2023.

There is expected to be a public consultation and a conference before the end of this year to identify possible themes for the 2023 Call for Proposals. “Some of the existing EIPs are coming to the end of their project terms, and we will be issuing a new Call for Proposals in 2023 under the new CAP Strategic Plan.” “The success of the current EIPs under the RDP [Rural Development Pan] has been widely recognised, and I was delighted to secure a substantial budget allocation for EIPs in 2023 of €21 million. The minister has said that she will be working with the Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform and other cabinet colleagues to ensure that the new Forestry Programme will provide sufficient incentive for landowners and especially farmers to contribute to a national effort to plant 8,000ha/yr. She said: “I am delighted to have secured a significant increase in the allocation for forestry for 2023, with the funding going from €100 to €112 million this year. “The 2023 budget sees an allocation of €37 million to organic farming, which is an unprecedented increase, and reflects the level of interest among farmers in organics.