Pieces of the Government’s fiscal jigsaw are being added by the day with more clues emerging in the run up to next week’s Budget. Yesterday details emerged of how the property tax will work with the cost estimated at €350 on an average house, priced at €157,000. Tax on properties priced at €500,000 will come in at around €1,000. The Irish Independent reports today that child benefit will be cut by €10 euro , benefits for the elderly are in the firing line and medical card holders will have to pay more for medicines. There are also plans to reform ...
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Todays panel discuss the death of Minister Shane McEntee, abortion legislation & a review of 2012. Fine Gael's Regina Doherty, Minister Kathleen Lynch of Labour, Irish Times columnist Breda O'Brien, Tommy Broughan of Labour, columnist Alison O'Connor and Mick Clifford of the Examiner & the Sunday Times join Claire in studio.
Joining Pat for this morning’s Gathering were Regina Doherty of Fine Gael; Mary Lou McDonald of Sinn Fein; journalist Noirin Hegarty and Katherine O’Donnell from the Women’s Studies Centre at UCD.
It was a big week for spiritual leadership, banking and one TD from Roscommon. For our usual review of the events of the last few days, Myles was joined in studio by Regina Doherty, Fine Gael TD for Meath East; Darragh O’Brien, Fianna Fail Senator; Michael O’Regan, Parliamentary Correspondent, The Irish Times and Jill Kerby, Personal Finance Correspondent, The Sunday Times.
‘Highly uncertain’. This is how the IMF have described the prospects of Irish Economic recovery in the medium term. It’s comments came in the ninth review of the country’s bailout programme and to look at the details. Pat was joined by Regina Doherty, Fine Gael TD, Meath East and Pearse Doherty, Sinn Fein Spokesperson on Finance.